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If you want the longest-lasting motors for the lowest price, LGB starter sets can't be beat! You will swear by LGB starter locos and NOT at them...compared to say...well, okay, I will refrain from mentioning....@#!@#@?!#@!?! <br /> <br />LGB has many American looking locos, the starter set locos are "toy versions" of real locos, but they are adorable looking and certainly would appeal to kids and family in a Candy shoppe! The European Green and Red steamer with its stubby Austrian cars may fit in the shoppe as well. LGB starter sets--the New York Central, and Union Pacific freight set--have sound systems as well to really liven up the atmosphere. The sounds are real recordings of real steam engines,too. <br /> <br />You can always get a non--sound set and add a sound box to it, also. <br /> <br />The LGB sets range (from dealer to dealer) from $270 to $460 <br /> <br />They come with a loco, cars, circle of quality brass track, and heavy-duty power pack. <br />If the power pack says "1 ampere" you could actually use this in the store display, as it will run for a very long time. If you have a two-motor loco, then you'll need to upgrade to a larger power pack. <br /> <br />The only thing besides the starter set you need is some straight & curve track pieces to make a big "oval" or "square" (the perimeter of your store). <br /> <br />Note that the curve pieces in the starter set are "R1" (2 foot radius) ---you may want to forgo these and get larger curve pieces. <br /> <br />All in all, besides the starter set, look to about $75-$150 in extra track if you buy from the internet. You can get great deals off of Ebay too. <br /> <br />NOTE: After seeing the initial prices, you may be tempted to "think smaller". I am a BIG fan of O gauge (Lionel size trains) too....don't think that Lionel trains aren't as beautiful as G scale...Lionel and MTH in O gauge have some really great trains. <br /> <br />But the problems with O gauge is that because of the size, when you put these up high the younger kids and shorter people will not notice them as much. Also, these trains are much, much more fragile---LGB trains are made for the snow and outdoors! The O gauge models will not be as reliable as the LGB brand. <br /> <br />So, when you really compare O gauge to G Scale, G Scale is a much more better value and actually the prices are quite reasonable for the LGB brand particularly (because they last!!!!) <br /> <br />I know of two people on the G Scale group (Yahoo!) that maintain G Scale layouts in restaurants and they have bought many different brands and have come to the conclusion for constant running at commercial shops--LGB holds up the best. There will still be some maintainence--tracks need periodic cleaning (cleaning block will do)--and plastic wheelsets need to be changed over to metal wheelsets. <br /> <br />Regards, <br /> <br />Thomas M. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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