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Thanks to all. All input is greatly appreciated. I am looking at a simple layout for my son (5 yrs old) and I that we will be able to expand on in the future. I was looking at one of the layouts on the following web page. http://www.thortrains.net/marx/kdlayhoa.html They had suggested Atlas True Track, so that was what I was going to give a try. As far as the loco and cars, for starters I was just going to get 2-3 cars with a caboose. He thinks he needs Thomas the Train, but all of those sets were a plain oval or circle. I thought this would be a little more interesting and possibly a little more of a challenge. I guess I would like a diesel loco that will last a while, and not something "cheap". There are no local hobby shops in my area, the closest one is approximately 2 hrs away. So I am sure I will be doing a lot of looking and purchasing over the internet. So I really appreciate all of the input. I have a ping-pong table just sitting around, not being used much, maybe I will transform that into my benchwork. If I use the ping-pong table, should I use foam or create a table from plywood to set on top of the ping-pong table? How difficult is the flex track to cut to length and/or insert turnouts? With flex track, is using cork sometimes hard to match the layout of the track? It seems that most cork that I found were all standard pieces, straight, turnout, 18"R, etc. Is there a lot of piecing and filling in the gaps required? Thanks
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