Where did your love of trains come from ?

Long story short, It all started a long time ago. When I was born, I was given a tomy thomas by my grandmother. My mother always took me to the train tracks to watch as the trains passed . I was hooked. Thomas started differently, as my mom got me a "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" DVD , and started with Thomas. I began collecting tomy Thomas, set after set , train after train. I had quite the collection ! Then, when I believe I was about 9 or 10, when trackmaster came . I had the Face changing James, and the runaway boulder loop set. From then on, trackmaster was my set! Sadly around that time, tomy in the USA had started to die out, but since then it's been trackmaster!