Hello, all. I've been interested in garden railroading for a while now, but am new to the forum. I finally own a home, so I can start to get serious, now.
Anyway, one of my ideas is to lay real track when we build the garden, then use Playmobil trains for a little while to get started. My thinking is that they're cheaper than real trains, can take some abuse from my son (2 years old now, will be around 3 by the time we get the garden RR in with a 1-yr old brother), and when we start getting real trains, we'll have "Dad's train" and the "kids' train."
My son is very hands-on, so I'm leary about getting started with expensive stuff until the kids are older. That, and they'll enjoy it a lot more if they're not just standing around watching.
The Playmobil website lists their track at 1.75" wide, so it seems like their stuff should work on real track. Has anyone tried this?
-Mike
