Tag Archives: Christmas trains

NO TRAINS AROUND THE TREE???

NO TRAINS AROUND THE TREE???

No trains around our junior tree,

Another year–THAT CAN’T BE…!

Want to find a scrap piece

Of board at least,

To run trains happily!

One year tried a circle small,

That  radius  wouldn’t run at all…

The circle too tight

To run trains right,

I ended up scrapping it all.

If I could do a double track,

Two trains running forth and back…

Make make us dizzy

Being that busy,

But it would be action-packed!

Laying track at a proper SIZE,

All trains would realize….

Time on stage

As is the rage,

That’d be a pleasant surprise!

Round and round the tree,

A test rack it could be…

In the off-season

Whenever reason,

Suggested train running to me!

Consider it within bounds,

Having fun making your own sounds…

Each “Whoo-whoo”

From your “choo-choo”

Brings smiles to all around!

–Jonathan Caswell

MY WIFE WANTS ONE.

MY WIFE WANTS ONE.

The picture had such appeal

My wife though it was real…

My magazine

She thought keen,

A like for train sets congealed.

Among her many blisses,

She wants a train running for Christmases…

Perhaps ’round the tree

Or one that she’ll see,

Reminding of days she misses!

I’m thinking of a double track,

Two trains running forth and back…

“Races” and such

Not too much,

Entertrainment to attract!

–Jonathan Caswell

RIDE A TRAIN FOR CHRISTMAS!

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RIDE A TRAIN FOR CHRISTMAS!

 

EDAVILLE, Essex (CT), and

A number of trains around,

Are setting up for Christmas-time

Before the season winds down.

You’ve ridden with scary pumpkins,

Why not with Santa too…

The kids will surely sleep going home

With lots on board to do!

The ride is not as noisy

Rolling on rails covered with snow…

And in quiet times, older family members

Reminisce on what they used to know.

They’ll remember at the crossing

That the engineer loudly blew…

That whistle for  the cars outdoors,

“Make way for our Choo-choo!”

 

—Jonathan Caswell

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