Model Trains

Ok, trains are a passion of mine — travelling by them, of course, but really everything to do with them. And model trains can be as fun as real trains, except that you can't get inside them and be drawn away somewhere, except in one's imagination. I had a fabulous train set when I was younger – I still have most of the rolling stock, but they're now stored away in boxes. But I was inspired to set them up when I saw the rather beautiful exhibition of model trains at the wonderful German State Railway Museum where I took this picture. These two trains are in glass cases, and though shooting through glass can sometimes be tricky, the effects of the fractured reflections gave an impression of speed which I found quite exciting and certainly apt. The models became "alive", busily hurtling to some unknown destination. Location: Nürnberg, Germany