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Ravenfan, Welcome to the guage. If your 3 year old is going to be handling the trains then I would not spend a lot of money on the locomotive and rolling stock. I got into Model Railroading for my son who is going to be turning 4 next week. He handles the trains all the time and is really...

Yeah, he loves trains and this is one thing that seems to stay with him. I am still being slow and am in the process of wiring the switches prior to soldering the track. The funny part is that I always get on him becuase he like to play with the rolling stock and locomotive in the living...

He is really looking forward to it. Although he does have a Life-Like track set-up in the Living Room with is about 5' x 5' so at least I am not be highly pressured to rush. He is looking forward to the layout since it has a few tunnels and bridges and he really wants crossing guards which...

He loves trains, trucks, etc.... In fact he earned enough money to take a short trip on Amtrak this last weekend. He earns a dollar a day for being good and doing his chores and he uses it for train rides. In fact, everyday we have to stop by a railroad crossing so that he can see the...

Batman looking forward to his railroad. Dave

Its taking longer than I thought but overall I am quite pleased so far. Should have the trian up and running by this weekendl. Dave

PS Tom, By the way ask a lot of quesitons since everyone has given me valuable information on this board. Books don't cover everything and nothing beats experience which a lot of these members have. Dave

Welcome Tom, I am new at this as well am currently in the process of building my first 4x8 layout and am currently in the process of putting my roadbed down which is cork. So what it is worth I recommend the following: The '03 Walthers catalog is a godsend. I use it all the time as is...

I just wanted to thank everyone for the valuable information that I have received so far. I haven't posted in a while since I have been busy buying track, researching and reading everything that I can get my hands on and building the benchwork. Well, the benchwork is almost done with only...

I would like to paint my track to give it the weathered look. The question that I have is do I paint after solder the joints and if not then how do you go about getting a good electrical connection if you solder after the track has been painted. Dave

First of all I would like to thank everyone for the information that was provided to me on my newbie question. I have bought a few books which have helped and now I feel confident that I can build a layout, but I still have questions not in the books. I have found a layout that I like and am...

Thanks for the info I really appreciate all the responses that I received. I always thought that there wasn't much to model trains but when I started looking into it, I was amazed. All of the information that you guys have provided me will surely help me get off on the right foot. I located...

My son loves trains and we finally pulled out the HO trains that I had when I was a kid to let him play with. After doing some research on the internet, I found out that this would be a fun hobby to do. The problem that I have is I would like to create a layout sometime soon but my knowledge...