I've had this little toy train since 1944. My grandpa who died in 1952 at the age of 65 made it for me. It is one of several wood play things he made for me. One was an artidulated, wooden grasshopper that didn't survive my pulling it around everywhere. This little train toy is well worn on the edges, and some of the wood wheels were replaced by large buttons. My wife keeps it on display on the coffee table in the living roon.