I might just be the luckiest girl in transit. Jason Vanderhill brought me the most wonderful holiday gift last week – a plush SkyTrain from Bangkok’s SkyTrain system!

Here’s the ad for the “pillow SkyTrain,” as Bangkok’s system calls it. You can’t actually order it online: Jason had to phone the Bangkok train system to buy it, and then a friend mailed it over to Canada!

The train pictured has four cars and is quite huge – about five feet end to end. Originally, however, it came in a set of three cars: a front car, end car, plus a middle car, which can all be snapped onto each other with metal fasteners. Jason just got two sets and kept a two-car for himself :)

So many, many thanks for this, Jason! My colleagues have all been coming by to have a peek: everyone thinks it’s a terrific model for a future Vancouver SkyTrain plushie! (Or an inspiration to craft one up at home!)

And here’s a couple more photos, including some from Jason’s Flickr stream!