LGB Model Trains

LGB beginner set

Everyone loves to go to the mall during the holiday season to see the holiday train displays. If you look carefully, you will see that most of the displays feature LGB model trains. LGB model trains are one of the top makers of G scale model trains. There may be other companies that make this size, but few if any of them do it as well as LGB.

When you are putting together a display that is going to use LGB model trains, you need to understand how large these trains really are and the amount of space that you need to pull it off. They are going to need a very wide turning radius, so they are not the kind of train that you can set up on a banquet table or around a small tree. To truly set off your LGB train, you will want to provide a much larger setting.

This is what makes an outdoor display the perfect venue for LGB model trains. You can set them up in your garden, or even have them rolling around your entire house during the Christmas season. You will know you got it right when your neighbors are walking into each other because they are stopping to look every time they pass your house.

If the outdoor setting is not possible, you still do not have to give up the idea of getting G scale trains. If your basement is set up as a game room or hobby room, you can absolutely make this work. Get really creative and create shelving around the perimeter of the room that you can set your track on. Now your trains can stay up year around and you can be sure that virtually nobody else will have an unforgettable display like the one you have.

Don’t think for a second that because you are getting a G scale train, you will have to settle for a limited selection. Because this is what they specialize in, LGB model trains offers one of the largest selections that you will ever find. While other companies dabble in them, this is LGB’s bread and butter and they offer a huge collection of all kinds of trains for you to pick from.

Some may be concerned that because of the size, LGB trains are too complicated to set up. Fear not, as they run on standard power sources and LGB offers everything that you need from tracks to switches, scenery to control boxes that will fit perfectly with your train set.

When you want something that nobody else has and really want to make an smash hit with your model train set, LGB model trains should be your first and only consideration. Their displays have been stopping traffic in malls for decades and there is no reason that you cannot have the same thing at your home. Check them out and if you can find the space, this is absolutely the set for you.

Trainland

$14.99

This DVD features the model train and railroad display at the Living Desert in Palm Desert, CA. Set to entertaining music which the whole family will enjoy, the footage includes historic scenes such as Mount Rushmore, a California logging
and mining town,the El Tover Hotel, Southwest US cliff
dwellings,and the swiss Alps….