Gary,
It's a great little book.
While I was once trying to explain to my wife about why I wanted to build an outdoor railroad, I remembered the book, and immediately began a fevered search for one.
My first foray onto eBay...
Found two!!!
Bid on one, and was so afraid I wouldn't win it, bid on the second one, too!!
(won both - but I didn't care - I had my emotional justification for why I had always had a vision of trains in the yard...)
A few years ago, my sister and I were going through things at the parental palace after my Mom died, and I stumbled upon my original copy of the book (plus some other treasures).
I still have fun flipping through the pages...
Do you remember the one where Chip & Dale needed a boat to get to the island to get the acorns???