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my experience w/ HO, a 5 yr. old son and his 2.5 yr old assistant engineer.... E-Z track works great for us since our layout changes often. I have come home from work a few time to find a new layout. It takes about 5 minutes to go over it and fix a few connectors. Bachmann kits loco is working OK for us and has absorbed one fairly nasty fall. Bought a cheap Bachmann steam loco that requires an occasional nudge but it doesn seem to bother the kids. We do have an Athearn Amtrak engine and it does run much better than the others. My plan has been to stick with Bachmann or used stuff from train swaps whenever possible. My boys are great with their toys but things get broken. I can't see turning them loose with a few hundred dollars worth of trains at this age. keep in mind, i'm not a model railroader. just a dad with boys that love trains. Though I am starting to get hooked. We put together some buildings and I just go hit up to "build some hills, steams, roads and stuff like that". All in all it has been a lot of fun. c
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