Thursday, March 02, 2006

A. Toups's Misc.: Aluminium Train

I received this tin train from my father the first christmas after he decided to end his estrangement from us. This was the first christmas we had shared in over a decade; I imagine between him and his wife they didn't have much of an idea what to get me or my siblings. I imagine this to be part of a collectable series. This one is the engine of a train, with an old-fashioned Coca Cola logo on the side. There is a lid on the cab which held various candy; but the engine itself is also a container. If you turn it on its side, the cab itself fits on top of the engine as a lid as well, revealing even more candy. I've long since emptied it of confections, and haven't really been using it for anything else.

I should probably throw it away, but I am a sentimental person and I've grown attached to it. Andrew_, AndrewMisc_

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