The Fairy Queen, built in 1855, is the world’s oldest steam locomotive in regular operation today, plying between New Delhi to Alwar in India. Constructed in Leeds, England in 1855, the train reached Calcutta in the same year where it was christened with the current name: the Fairy Queen. The locomotive was given its serial number 22, by its then owner, The East Indian Railway.
The locomotive was certified by the Guinness Book of Records to be the oldest operational locomotive after the Rajasthan government invoked it in 2004 to lug a deluxe train in order to boost tourism in the area. The Fairy Queen is run on the lines of the Palace on Wheels, the internationally renowned luxury train. [more about the Fairy Queen; more about Steam Locomotives]
You probably ask yourself how come I’m writing about steam locomotives and trains. Well, this month – as it’s the month of my birthday, too – I decided to open a second giveaway, a giveaway with a wonderful prize :

A Wooden Train Set Business Card Holder from The Steam Shoppe. He has plenty of trains, locomotives and other similar toys for kids and adults alike.
You can see more details about your future to be card holder here.
Now what do you have to do to enter the giveaway?
1. Drop a comment with the reason why you want the wooden card holder. 1 entry
2. Subscribe to the blog’s feed or (it seems that the feed has not been working properly since I started to use the new Google feedburner) follow me on Twitter. 1 entry
3. Blog about the giveaway and link here and to the Steam Shoppe store. 5 entries
For either 2. or 3. drop a comment, so that I can count you in. When you enter – use a valid email so I can contact you back if you win.
That’s it. Contest ends on the 15th of February, at midnight.
Winner will be drawn with the help of the almighty random.org .
Good luck and may the prize go to the one who wants it the most!


My husband just ordered some business cards to begin a small home business and this would be so cute to have his cards in and to get him off to a great start. He has been out of the work force for 6 years and this would be a nice touch.