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To bryan9664 and flee307 I had an American Flyer at 6 years old. But didn't get into HO, N, Z till much later. Moving and space... A well known Z scale display operator tells me the youngest he knows of to successfully build a Z-tree at a train show was a 3 year old. A 6 year old figured out how to operate most everything on his display layout after watching for a while, but had a little trouble with uncoupling. To hear of an almost 4 and a 6 year old building scenery and railing cars is fantastic. And it seems that's the secret - let them play an active role rather than "Don't touch - you'll break it!" The fun challenges given to them at a young age are a good way for them to learn and apply these skills. We all have to start somewhere.
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