Have tried large scale Bachmann, too large, and HO scale, won’t stay on track!
Is O gauge a poplar size for grandpa.
Already have 4’ x 8’ table built and is probably as large as I’ll go right now.
Thanks.
Edited: OK guys, you guessed it!. I do have two grandsons, 3 and 4 yrs.
We had a mess of a time trying to keep the HO on tracks. May 2 or 3 circles and off one would go. Then, I have to get down on the floor and with sore knees try and get the little fellow aligned for another 3 or 4 rounds.
I do want something I can set up and have here when the grandchildren come so we can enjoy.
O is a good choice for grampa’s. I “play” in several sizes, as I do public shows with “Hands-on model trains”.
I suggest you try Classic Toy Trains forum.
Happy railroading in any size!
“Already have 4’ x 8’ table built and is probably as large as I’ll go right now.”
You won’t get much O on a 4X8 unless it’s Lionel. But some years back, I had a switching layout that was one foot wide and 17 feet long; by using separable hinges at the joints I was able to take it apart for storage. It was three tracks wide with about six #6 switches strategically located, and worked fine with O-scale equipment. I could put a dozen cars on it with an 0-8-0 and you’d take an hour getting the cars spotted where they needed to be. So instead of trying to get an O loop in a 4X8, why not consider something like I had?
Try using pennies or small lead fishing weights to weight down the cars & they will stay on the tracks. As a example on my coal cars I use 12 pennies per car. [:p]