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Railroad picture of the day

The best and I made Russell a pair of tank engine (one a Forney-type 2-4-4, the other a simple 2-4-2 well-tank -- you have to pretend the trailing wheels are present under the cab of both of these, because I didn't want to sacrifice cake to carve out a recess for the wheels) birthday cakes for his birthday party at the Brooklyn Bay. Unlike the sort of locomotive cake you can get from the store, these tank engines actually have their wheels mounted to frames instead of directly to the boiler.

It's the little details that make all the difference. We could have bought a pre-built locomotive cake from the store, but then it wouldn't have a frame and that would be wrong.