Building a rough/basic layout for a child

[steinjr]

My kids liked to run, not switch, so we have done a couple of layouts using old Märklin sectional track:

1. Double track layout (one track for each kid) in my workshop in 2005 and left up for a couple of years :






2. Temporary Märklin setup for a birthday party, in our living room:



37.5mm (14.7") radius curves. In the background, a never completed 20" x 7 foot shelf switching layout of mine.


We have also done Brio wooden train setups (two play tables where one is stored inside the other, with planks to attach between the tables to create a donut style layout):


We have also done temporary sectional track layouts on the floor, with buildings made of paper.

But I haven't tried a switching layout for kids - my kids just haven't been all that interested in switching. They have been interested in running flat out, or maybe stopping at the depot or at a crossing and then going again. Different strokes for different kids, I guess.

Smile,
Stein