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I have found that high track costs are a great discouragement to potential new garden railroaders. I bought 144 ft of track at a total cost of $615 + $55 shipping + $0 sales tax = $$670. That is about $4.65/ft. This is LGB track. If I had bought this at my local hobby shop, it would have cost $836 + $0 shipping + $73 sales tax = $909. This is $6.31/ft. On-the-other-hand, I found a Bachman starter kit (engine, sound tender, and three cars) for $129 + tax at a discount store. This is very cheap, and it easily pulls everything and more up my 3 percent grades. Of course, it was only available for a short time, and I will have a merry Christmas all year. A decent transformer will run another $70-100 (??). Old hands have lots of ways to save money on these items, but beginners usually just go out and buy at a hobby shop or online. So, a beginner, who doesn't even know how he'll enjoy it, is facing quite an investment. (And we haven't started to talk about plants and buildings.) I've often thought that manufacturers and hobby shops would be wise to sell track at the minimum possible. This would create a much larger market base for buildings, figurines, couplers, and lots of other accessories.
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