Re: Model train question

["Steve Wise" <swise@aoot.com>]

Hello Mary,

I forwarded your email to our club list.  Others might mail you back their
thoughts as well!

I think O gauge might be a good choice for you.  It's easier to place the
bigger trains on the track and they are very durable.  The latest "Classic
Toy Trains" magazine (dec 2003) has an article on building an o-gauge layout
on a 4x8 space.   I'm not sure if this sort of layout will complex
enough...you'll have to decide that.

Good luck!

Steve Wise.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Helen Quinn" <mhquinn@mail.utexas.edu>
To: <ttat@aoot.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:27 AM
Subject: Model train question


> Dear Model Train Enthusiast:
>
> My 46 year-old disabled son (mental retardation, epilepsy, cerebral
> palsy) is enchanted with trains.  For a Christmas present this year I
> want to install a 4' by 8' plywood sheet in his room as the basis of a
> model train set in his room.  I am at a loss, however at what gauge
> train to buy and how to design a layout?   I would like the layout to
> be complex enough to be interesting, but am afraid a really small
> gauge-train would be too difficult for him to manipulate.  Can you give
> me some advice?
>
> Mary Helen Quinn
> 7739 Kiva Drive
> Austin, TX 78749-2919
> (512) 892-7078
>
> mhquinn@mail.utexas.edu
>
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> ttat@aoot.com
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