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When I was researching man caves, it made sense that he had a train and enjoyed collecting memorabilia.

Gordon Klein (Jeffrey Nordling) with his train set in Big Little Lies season two.

We wanted to have a really expensive train set in there to show his wealth.

What would be something expensive he could lose?

(Translation: This aint some measly Thomas the Tank Engine play set.)

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I drew a layout of the train sets tabletop, Paino explained about its creation.

The train company we hired have people who actually specialize in setups for rich people.

We showed them the drawing and they were able to make something close to that.

We wanted it to be based on some landmarks from the Buffalo area, he said.

Theres actuallya famed train depot in Buffalo, which used to be breathtaking but now is in ruins.

We incorporated that building into the makeup of the tabletop.

We did a lot of references to other Buffalo landmarks, too.

But, overall, Paino hopes viewers will realize a love of trains transcends any socioeconomic status.

Theres a huge, complex world of train sets, Paino said.

To have Gordon be into that was a nice touch.

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