Many years ago I did something similar with a mousetrap. My layouts have always been floor setups. I took a mousetrap - carefully soldered it shut so it wouldn't snap shut unexpectedly - added a fake piece of cheese and put the assembly near one of the tunnels. When my guests came over I would start the trains running and in fairly short order someone would notice the mousetrap and ask about it. I would sigh and say,"I've been having some trouble with mice lately so I'm hoping that will put an end to it." As I was saying this I would apply power to the track going through the tunnel and out of the tunnel would come a Pride Lines Mickey Mouse handcar. Before anyone could say anything I'd say "See, what did it tell you, there's two of them right now!" It never failed to get a good laugh.
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