Kids and toy trains are always compatible. What would be even better is if you had a toy train table made just for the train set. This way, the train set can be left out and available for playing anytime. And it also makes for a great display. Picture a mini railroad on a table complete with mountains, hills, houses, and people! It can really double as a conversation piece and a kid play center!
You can buy them pre-made for around $100. For the nicer ones though it will cost you several hundred dollars. That’s quite a bit of money.
But, if you make it yourself, you could easily build one for under $100 complete with decoration to match your home décor. You’d have a table that is the exact size to fit your needs. And your kids will love you even more for taking the time to personalize it. You could paint their names on the side or put stickers of their favorite trains on it too.
Since you’re building it, you can stay simple with a flat surface, or you can go fancy and include mountains, hills, trees, buildings, and little people. It’ll be like the kid’s version of the model railroad.
In addition to saving money, the one you make will most likely be much sturdier than the ones you buy.
Model toy trains is a very enjoyable hobby to be a part of. When I was twelve years old in 1962, I got my first train set. I remember the transformer had dual controls, and was about as big as a car battery, and just about as heavy.
It had an engine that puffed smoke out the stack, if you put special capsules into it. I had cars that carried logs, and all sorts of tunnels, signs, and everything else I managed to collect for several years.
When I went in the service in the early seventies everything disappeared, probably sold at a tag sale. But I never forgot how much fun playing with model toy trains was, and a few years after getting out of the service I bought another set.
For anyone who has ever had a train set, you know what I am talking about. If you have never had the pleasure, you should really give it a try. It’s a very relaxing hobby, and wonderful for children if you have them. Kids are drawn to a train set, like bees to honey.
Finding items for your model train layouts is half the fun. These items can be found at swap meets for model toy train buffs, tag sales, newspaper classifieds, and flea markets, just to name a few.
When you find something unique that will add to your model train layout, it is like finding gold, and you can’t wait to put it in it’s place in your rail yard.
You can make your model train layouts as simple, or as detailed as you choose. Many railroaders use premade track, while others hand lay their track, complete with nailing it to the railroad ties.
A lot of the fun with model toy trains is making the buildings and structures that will sit within your layout. This is what really brings the whole package alive, and they are relatively easy and inexpensive to build.
Summerized article by Glenn Downer and Amy Yang
For more information see Toy Guide
http://www.get-more-info.net/trains.htm
http://top5picks.net/toy-train-table-plans-review
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