The UPS man has just brought not one but two boxes from Trainworld.com...
With the latest G-scale items in the Thomas & Friends series.
It's Diesel... I've had him on pre-order for about a year now.
And...
...Paxton. They both were just recently released by Bachmann in G-scale.
Let's have some fun with them!
Before I put them on a layout and get them running...
Let's just take a closer look at these two.
Paxton on the left and "Devious Diesel" on the right.
Diesel is pretty much a villain in the world of Thomas & Friends.
He thinks he's better than the steam engines, and he tends to bully them.
Paxton is much more kind and friendly.
I've made a nice little layout for Diesel and Paxton...
Which runs through my living room and dining room...
My wife let me know that I should avoid putting tracks through the kitchen!
Observing the action today, from the safety of her soft crate...
Is our new Cocker Spaniel puppy, Carli.
Paxton is ready, so let's get him going!
It's certainly going well, so far...
And Carli seems to be getting a little more comfortable with the trains.
So, let's put Devious Diesel on the layout now.
After Carli had plenty of time to get used to the trains...
From the safety of her soft crate...
I wanted to see what she would do if I let her out.
She scampered to a safe place away from the tracks and watched for a while.
But later, she got curious and decided to check it out a little closer.
But in the end, she decided to retreat to her favorite resting place for a good nap.
It's been fun running Paxton and Diesel for the first time...
But to be honest, the layout is just a little too basic for me.
So, I've added a second set of tracks to spice things up a little!
And Emily will be running on the second set of tracks.
This has been great so far, but I've got a little secret.
I haven't been running the trains at anywhere near top speed.
Let's do a speed run now, with everybody running at maximum speed.
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I like them both, but...
Emily is actually my favorite Thomas & Friends locomotive.
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