Boy Follows Track in His Heart to Dream Job ‘I’ve Always Loved trains–Now I’m Qualified to Drive O ne ‘

This is Logan. He loves trains, always has. And now, he’s one of the youngest licensed train drivers in the whole of the UK.

For some children, the question “what do you want to be when you grow up” is mulled over in a fit of anxious uncertainty. For others, it’s as easy as responding with their name and age. So it always was for Logan Smallwood.

Reported recently by the BBC, Smallwood’s journey from boyhood model train collector to heritage railway line driver is as straight as the standard-gauge cargo line through the Mojave.

“I’ve always loved trains… I’ve always said when I grow up, I want to be a train driver,” Smallwood told the BBC . “My great-grandad worked in the mines and he was always fascinated by trains. He gave me a coal model of a Silver Link [a kind of train] and I thi