I have been fascinated by trains since I was old enough to hold a pencil and write down the numbers of steam locomotives that thundered their way between London and Scotland. I should point out that I am the male part of the writing team and I am enjoying looking at the trains of Thailand while "she indoors" is hard at work on the chapter on Thai food.
This love of trains has stayed with me from those boyhood days, through school when I worked out a program where I could travel on three different trains to get to school and an equal number to return. I was forced to curb my love of trains when I spent 11 years in the Bahamas where trains are as rare as falling snow.