G USA 12" Straight (12) Review

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(More customer reviews)This AristoCraft track is an exact match for the high-quality track that comes with AristoCraft train sets. This track is weather-resistant, so you can leave it outside in your garden for years on end. Even if you're running your trains indoors, this is a huge improvement over the all-plastic track or plastic-and-sheet-metal track that comes with some Large Scale trains.
The pieces that come in this set are 12" long. If you have the space, consider using the 24" equivalent: #30060. The ties on this track are made to look like modern American railroads; this track goes great with trains from AristoCraft and USA Trains. If you're running old-timey trains, such as most Bachmann trains, you might consider the "euro/narrow gauge track" equivalent: AristoCraft # 11000 straight pieces.
Paul Race, Editor, Family Garden Trains

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Bachmann Trains Pennsylvanian Ready-to-Run Large Scale Train Set Review

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(More customer reviews)Bachmann was the first company to make Large Scale (Garden-Sized) trains available for a reasonable price. The locomotive pulling this train has been redesigned about six times since those days, and the coaches have been upgraded, too.
Bachmann has offered this set as a "special offer" or "limited edition" from time to time, but it is now available as part of their 2009 lineup. The train is big enough to draw attention in your back yard, or to cause jaws to drop if you put it around your Christmas tree. If you get this to run outside, though, save the track for indoors - you'll need sturdier track, like that from AristoCraft, to hold up to real weather.
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Recognized as ?the Standard Railroad of America,? the Pennsylvania Railroad earned the distinction of being the largest railroad in the world for much of its 122-year history. Modeled after a typical passenger train of the early twentieth century, the mighty Pennsylvanian serves passengers north, south, east, and west of your imagination. NOTE: This set is not intended for outdoor use.

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G B/U Passenger Depot Review

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(More customer reviews)AristoCraft Built-Up Passenger Station - This station is a rarity in the Garden Railroad/Large Scale Railroading universe--a structure that you can use out of the box, and which costs less than many kits. I like kits, and have built many, but sometimes you need immediate gratification. This station is a good representation of thousands of small country stations that once served communities all over North America. I repainted mine what I thought was a more realistic color, but since then have actually seen at least one real Ohio train station that was the same yellow. This station is about 1:24, but I find that it fits in well with trains and accessories from smaller to larger scales. It may not have exactly the same level of detail as some of the expensive kits, but it is extremely sturdy, and the fact that it comes on its own platform (unlike most kit stations) makes it easy to add accessories such as benches and streetlights to give it more character. So, if your Large Scale train needs a reason to get from point A to point B, you know what to do.
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