add Cats to the mix
All the makings for an early horror movie.
As a kid I had a little circle track/train set, and also the Turbo Train kit, that had magnetics and drove up a vertical section of track. I have some good memories of that stuff, but sadly it all got thrown out decades ago.
The 1st variable PSU I used to do stuff with was the one from the circle track/train. I took it apart at one point, way before I knew any amount of electronics. I can't remember what was inside, it, but not very much. I remember burning out an antique light bulb with it, it looked like a ball of cotton inside, and unfortunately it burned out like it was too.
Here's a really cool model museum in Hamburg, Germany