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I was at the LHS last week and noticed an older couple with what turned out to be their grandson, looking at train sets. While the boy was oohing and ahhing over everything from O gauge Lionel to HO flex track, they were obviously at a loss over where to begin. After about ten minutes of this I tentatively asked if they were having trouble deciding what to get him. The woman asked if I could give them any advice about what kind of trainset would be best (the boy was about 6). She told me he already had a Thomas the Tank Engine set and wanted to get a DC type train set. I pointed them toward a Bachmann HO set (DC) with the EZ track, so they wouldn't have to deal with ballast, plus they could get trains running right away. What I'm wondering is what others would recommend for a child at that age. What train set is best, you think?
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