Lolionkel (EXTENDED • REPORT)

He went back to the loft. For weeks, he worked, wiring a small motor he’d designed for a fan into a wooden gondola. He powered it with a volatile, wet-cell, acid-filled battery.

He sent the prototype to a local shop to be a display window magnet. But when customers started asking to buy the display, a legend was born. lolionkel

"Mothers buy based on color," Joshua declared one day, watching his team work on a factory model. "They don't care what the thing is, as long as it's bright". He went back to the loft

"It’s not just a train," Joshua murmured, "It’s... a lolionkel ." He sent the prototype to a local shop

Joshua was brilliant but eccentric. He had already designed photographic flash fuses for the Navy, but he wanted to build something that ran on electricity and captured the awe of the new century.