| Toy train sets have been part of childhood for a long | | | | electricity running through the tracks to power the |
| time. They are the quintessential Christmas gift and | | | | trains. LEGO trains are battery-powered which makes |
| boyhood hobby. What Christmas tree is complete | | | | them safer than conventional toy train sets. Another |
| without a toy train steaming around its | | | | unique feature of LEGO trains is that they are |
| base?Constructing the tracks and playing with toy | | | | controlled remotely with infrared controllers which |
| trains helps your child develop their minds, promote | | | | work similarly to your television remote!If you're |
| critical thinking skills, and, most important of all, it's an | | | | more interested in the classic sort of toy train set, |
| activity that parents and children can enjoy together. | | | | your options are almost limitless. As you may recall, |
| Building train sets is a time-consuming hobby, and it | | | | toy trains are available in a number of scale sizes. |
| demands attention to detail and care from you and | | | | The most popular sizes are labeled HO and N. HO is |
| your child. It gives you and your a long-term goal | | | | 1:87 scale. HO is known to be relatively trouble-free |
| that you can work on together periodically. Playing | | | | and easy to use. There are a huge number of |
| with toy trains will help your child to learn the | | | | products available for this size. N scale is another |
| importance of making continuous progress, of | | | | popular size. It's 1:160. N scale is popular because it's |
| working hard, and watching their efforts come to | | | | easier to build really long trains which are similar to |
| fruition in a tangible way.LEGO train set kits are an | | | | the mile plus long trains you see in real life. These |
| excellent choice for a child just getting into playing | | | | aren't the only sizes, of course. Scale runs the gamut |
| with toy trains. LEGO trains are big and clunky so | | | | from tiny trains to train big enough to ride around |
| they can be easily manipulated by clumsy child hands. | | | | your yard! One scale growing in popularity is known |
| The first LEGO trains didn't have power. They used | | | | as Garden Gauge. In addition to train scale you need |
| kid power to get around the track. These days, | | | | to consider track gauge. While scale is the ratio of |
| there are electric LEGO trains which can be almost as | | | | the size of the toy relative to the real thing, gauge |
| complicated and interesting as conventional toy train | | | | tells you the distance between the rails on the train |
| sets. So may kids and adults have gotten into LEGO | | | | track.Toy trains are a fun way for you to spend time |
| trains that there are clubs being formed around the | | | | with your child. They're also educational and |
| country. One of the key features of LEGO train sets | | | | encourage your child's curiousness as well as teaches |
| is the variety of set-ups you can create with just | | | | them discipline and good work habits so they can see |
| one set. Due to the nature of the LEGO system, an | | | | their efforts pay off.Gregg Hall is an author living in |
| almost endless array of designs is possible. Another | | | | Navarre Florida. |
| important feature is that LEGO train sets don't use | | | | |