Steaming Ahead, the 180-Year-Old Toy Train that’s the Oldest in the World
A rudimentary model of Stephenson’s Rocket that was made by a father for his son after seeing it chug past their home has emerged as the oldest toy train in the world. The simple wooden toy was hand-crafted out of scraps of wood by the loving dad who whittled them into the shape of the legendary steam locomotive.
Made from sight in the late 1820s or early 1830s, the model is almost as old as the first real locomotives. The ten-inch long toy has four wheels attached to a block of wood, a cylindrical piece that may have been a stair banister for the boiler and a chair leg for the iconic blast pipe. (Daily Mail Reporter)
More Inspiring Stories
Lesquatrestacions
Philographics: Big ideas in simple shapes
Russian Military Parade Honors World War II Red Army
This Artist Creates Altered Photographs of Landscapes that Are Sure to Make You Scratch Your Head
Here Are The Most Interesting Things This Geologist Found On Google Earth
New Mom Doodles On Baby's Portraits
ACIDTOYS
Designer Conceived A Bottle That Indicates For Each Town Where To Find A Drinking Water
disperse 2011
Those Crazy World Cup Soccer Fans
BYDŁO i POIDŁO Meat-ing Place - New Restaurant in Warsaw
Steve Jobs's Top 5 Hits in Pop Culture
Artists Around The World React To H&M’s Controversial Ad
The Superb 1980s Hyper-Realistic Illustrations by Japanese Artist Masao Saito
The Way to Use a Ramen
World War II Paintings From The Soviet Union
Wifi Dowsing Rod
Square-eyed Contestants Attempt to Set TV-watching World Record
"Perfect" Examples Of Horribly-Designed Stairs
Funny Zoo Advertisements
New York Secret Rooftop World
Disused Jets in U.S. Air Force 'Graveyard' given New Lease of Life by World's Best Graffiti Artists
Meet Osean, The Artist Who Creates a Parallel Futuristic Cyber Universe
Doppelgänger by Didier Faustino