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As I posted in the intro section, I've got a pair of twins that absolutely love trains. I don't have room in the house for a setup for them right now, but I just finished a patio outside with a great planter area that would be a good location for an outdoor setup.
From browsing the forums and from seeing local model train shows and other reading, it looks to me like the predominant size for outdoor setups are G scale, but I'm not sure I have room for that. The garden area that I want to put this setup is basically "L" shaped, with the smallest outside diameter for a turn of 60" (that's edge to edge in the garden, so the track might need to be slightly smaller). Is that too small for the smaller G scale engines? If I just stuck with a loop on the leg of the "L" it's closer to 68" outside diameter.
I'm leaning toward O scale because of this turn (plus the scale might look better in the smaller area), but I don't see any information about people running O scale outside. Are there O scale tracks and such that can be left outside? It seems like the G scale have brass tracks, are there O tracks like that?
Also, what online sources would you recommend for buying trains, or if you know of a good store in Albuquerque, NM, where is it?
Thanks, I'm looking forward to the great information you folks have!
From browsing the forums and from seeing local model train shows and other reading, it looks to me like the predominant size for outdoor setups are G scale, but I'm not sure I have room for that. The garden area that I want to put this setup is basically "L" shaped, with the smallest outside diameter for a turn of 60" (that's edge to edge in the garden, so the track might need to be slightly smaller). Is that too small for the smaller G scale engines? If I just stuck with a loop on the leg of the "L" it's closer to 68" outside diameter.
I'm leaning toward O scale because of this turn (plus the scale might look better in the smaller area), but I don't see any information about people running O scale outside. Are there O scale tracks and such that can be left outside? It seems like the G scale have brass tracks, are there O tracks like that?
Also, what online sources would you recommend for buying trains, or if you know of a good store in Albuquerque, NM, where is it?
Thanks, I'm looking forward to the great information you folks have!