Fig. 101
In order to make a long carriage like a real train a child suggested gumming two match-boxes together, end to end.
When a long train was complete the children at once wanted to make a station (Fig. 102).
Fig. 102
For this purpose two or three match-box covers can be fastened together by covering them with white paper (marked to represent the boards of a platform) and gumming them to a piece of cardboard, A B C D. The paper must be left long enough at each end to be gummed to the cardboard and form the slopes of the platform. The waiting-room or shelter is a match-box gummed to platform as in diagram, with a triangular piece of paper pasted behind to form a roof. A seat can be pasted inside. The name of the station, signals, and a signal-box (a half-opened match-box standing on end) can be added.
Fig. 103
