surviving the train disaster

Well you might have heard about it on the news, maybe not...probably not, but a train derailed along a remote Burnaby line, just east of Vancouver, and we were on it. All was relatively calm until witnesses noticed a second trian on the line, careering towards us. Unaware of our plight, and the potential looming disaster that lay just around the bend; the whistle of our train blew sending a warning to the speeding train but......
Ok ENOUGH!!!!!! No, we weren't hurt, it was a...ummm.... model ride on train. It jumped the tracks and we barely noticed. The train driver lifted the train back on the tracks and we all just sat there - the train behind could have cared less. (Sigh!)
Actually the Burnaby Central Railway http://bcsme.lgisp.net/bcr/ was cool. You get a 10-15 minute ride on a train for $2.50 under 2 years ride free. They usually have only 2-3 trains running on a weekend, but there was a meet that weekend between the Canadians and Americans so there were maybe 20-30 trains present, mostly they were to be worked on and ogled at, but maybe 7-8 were taking rides. I was amazed to learn that you couldn't buy a kit for making them. They were all individually designed and hand crafted, and mostly replicated from a real train. I think it is a hobby that costs a small fortune. Alex and Olivia thought it was sooooo good and we didn't mind it either.