Great ideas! I think a set-up should be age specific or I guess a better way to say it would be 'ability' specific. We built an elaborate low-to-the-ground layout for wooden trains when the kids in my life (and their friends) were little. Then built a loop with two sidings on a standard table-top with folding legs featuring a Thomas set - with wonderful open Troublesome Trucks that held anything. And lots of misc. on the top of the layout - toys, buildings, cars, a grade crossing and gateman that were manually operated. Then they gravitated to the 'big' layout - atop a raised crawlspace where they loved to sit and play while the trains went around them... More manually operated accessories around the perimeter of the layout and the ability to run two trains at the same time (Thomas' pals James and Percy)...
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