"Well, he's not wrong." Jack gave him a teasing nudge when he caught up. "She is great. Better than any train set I could have dreamed about as a kid." Or even as an adult.
He couldn't help the giddiness he felt when Dan said 'Come on then', and practically ran for the front of the train. But being close to sixty, and not wanting to trip and break something, he did manage to keep it to a fast walk instead. But he did manage a little skip every once in a while.