I used to believe that the 'Flying Scotsman' was a guy in a beret and kilt zooming around the sky like a superhero - not just a boring old train. Sam aged 10.
Sam also used to believe that The Beetles were a group of animated cartoon insects that sang.
A childhood belief about trains

others believed things like this
- I used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Beret" was actually "Mad-Miracle Man"— Missy
- I used to believe that dung beetles were made out of poo!— zdvc
- My cousin once told me that glass was made from ground up beetles, and I believed her! — benjymous
- When I was younger I believed that pistachio nuts were made out of beetles that had somehow been dried out. — Alyssa
- I was a superhero named Captain Stupid.— Chr1s
I used to believe that some insects had twenty lives.LOLAnon