Deanna Roberts does not fit the stereotype of what a locomotive train driver normally looks like, but there was no stopping the 7-year-old at the Tauranga Model Railway Show yesterday.
Deanna went to the show at Mount Maunganui College with nan Marianne Roberts, who said the show was brilliant, particularly for offering children the chance to drive trains.
"She waited over half an hour for that. She loves it, " she said.
"As soon as she saw it she started lining up. When they said it would be half an hour, she said she would wait," Mrs Roberts said.
Despite the finely detailed miniature lands created through nine different sets, driving the trains was Deanna's favourite, Mrs Roberts said.