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I had ruled out the Marklins. While they are beautiful, they are significantly more expensive than anything else (at least from what I've seen in the U.S.). They also seem to have very limited selection of North American prototypes. I think LGB offers a good balance of quality v. price v. availability of North American stock. I went to a bricks-n-mortar store to look at some ToyTrain sets. I was impressed with the quality and think they will hold up well. Obviously, the next few years, the kids will have to have quite a bit of supervision. We ended up leaving the store with the ToyTrain Safari set for about the same price I had seen on the internet, and was 25% off of MSRP. We also got a couple of extra pieces of track, a ToyTrain caboose to finish it off, and another $10 off the price of everything. I will test it all out to make sure it works, then it's going back in the closet until Christmas. Next spring/summer, the work in the garden starts and its permanent tracks will be laid. Thanks for the help, everyone!
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