I've had a lifelong love of trains too. Mom used to say it was in my blood because some of her relatives were train conductors all their lives. I haven't made it all the way across Canada but did manage to travel from Halifax (Nova Scotia) to Ontario and then Ontario to Edmonton in the late 70's.

I've always wanted to set up a complicated train set in my basement, you know, with many trains on different levels running through mountains and villages. Our basement's too small...but our grandson's basement is the perfect size...LOL. Okay, put that on my list too of things to do before I die - set up a super-duper train system in my grandson's basement! Do you think he'd mind if I used him to make that particular dream come true?