kj356 posted:Have been having fun with train set ups for the Grand kids. And set up a room for them with a Toby Train bed I built a while back, and lots of train photos on the walls. I printed out a photo mural for around the top of the Train Bedroom, and lots of photos of 4449 steam trip etc. There is a small Toby toy mounted in the bed when you press it, it makes different Toby talking and train sounds. The bed was fun to create and build, Toby being the main rectangle shaped Thomas and Friends Character that fits a bed well.
The Fastrack is to noisy and does not stay connected well for running large trains; have boxes of many other brands of track that work much better then this. But it is useful for quick set ups for the grand kids to run trains. I have a Thomas, Percy, and Chuggington engines with the motors and circuit boards removed. Makes it easy for them to roll freely and at train shows can push them with LionChief bigger diesels for running longer trains. This leaves the free rolling engines for my Grand son in particular that prefers to push the trains rather then run them with power. He is getting very good at putting the trains back on the track when they come off and connecting them up. When the Fastrack connections come loose it is not so much a problem with pushing trains rather then running them with power. At one of the set ups I also added a loop for running a Santa Fe LionChief long freight and a LionChief Blue Comet set. He does enjoy running these for a few laps then back to pushing Thomas and Percy. There are some good sound books that make Thomas sounds and the characters talking. He also enjoys running the coal loader.
I can see that you are starting their training.Good for you we need more people like you.
