Robert Steiner's Toy Train

The Steiners migrated to Australia from Germany in 1950s. When Robert was 8 years old he won the first prize of piano competition in his school. The year was 1958 and Robert Steiner was awarded a present from hid proud dad, it was this steam engine train.

The trains pictured here are from Java. While most steam engine trains nowadays can only be found in museums, steam engine trains like these are still being used up to the present around the sugar plantations in Central Java.