7821: Track & Lighting Maintenance Wagon

I've been on this wagon for years now, wandering the countryside, searching for my meaning in life.  Every few miles stopping to fix a burnt out light or mend some twisted track.  This small 6x16 platform is all I know, with a few ladders and tools and a small balcony that swivels around.  I sometimes like to pretend that I'm gazing upon a seaside village from this yellow balcony, watching the waves crash in as the fishermen head out early in the morning.

Instead, I know that this small cart will be my lot in life.  My partner, identical to myself, spending the best years of our lives wandering the abyss of train track.

The weird thing is that he looks just like me, identical in every way.  I sometimes wonder if he is merely a figment of my imagination.  Does he really exist?  Has the toil of fixing tracks and lights along this expanse of railway warped my mind, much like the warped tracks I fix daily?

4519-1: Rail Crossing

A small service pack set, providing the builder with another piece of railway.  This is an interesting piece though because it is a criss cross.

Feel like I would be pretty worried that two trains would crash into each other.  Also feel like the most basic design for train tracks is the oval or circle, but this allows the builder to create the figure-8, which is another popular track layout.  However, the cross pieces generally don't make right angles, but rather are slightly askew, if that makes sense.  It's an interesting choice, but I'm not sure if it's something that I would use in any of my layouts.