Let's start off with everyone's favorite: Lionel. If you're lucky, you inherited Lionel trains from your grandparents. But you don't need luck to ensure that your descendants will be thanking their stars for your generosity long after you're gone. Just give them a Lionel train set. Do it now!
Can you hear the whistle?
AREA 51: $229.99
JOHN BULL PASSENGER SET: $429.99
In addition to the "newbies," we have several very popular holdover Lionel O-Gauge train sets from the last couple of years. See ALL of our Lionel trains, because you never know which one(s) will appeal to you the most!
That's for starters. But if you -- or your intended recipient(s) -- already have a Lionel Set, we have so much more for you to enhance your railroad hobby experience, including locomotives, rolling stock, tracks & accessories and structures & figures. Go crazy!
The Lionel O-Gauge trains are great, but the layouts can take up a lot of space, esepcially once you start expanding them (and you will!). What if you don't have a full basement or a large room to devote to your hobby? That's where HO trains come in. HO literally means *half-0" because that's exactly what it is: 1:87 as opposed to 1:43 scale. This means you can fit four times as much "stuff" in a given area while still getting finely-detailed trains and layouts.
To get you going, take a look at all of our HO starter sets. Here are the newest...
From Bachmann: (Note: "DCC" stands for "Digital Command Control," the 21st-century way of running your train sets.)
DCC DELUXE--SAN FRANCISCO: $169.99
DCC STEAM UNION PACIFIC: $189.99
WALT DISNEY'S CAROLWOOD PACIFIC®: $189.99
DCC EXPLORER--NEW YORK CENTRAL: $249.99
AMTRAK NOREASTER: $199.99
CAVALIER--NORFOLK & WESTERN: $319.99
That's nice, but Starter Sets are just that: the beginning. Hobby Works carries loads of neat stuff to make the train layout of your dreams: Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Tracks & Accessories and Structures & Figures. There really is no limit to what you can do!
Oh, and one other thing: HO's 1:87 scale is close enough to 1:72 to include model airplanes, cars, trucks and armor to your layout. Knock yourself out!
Finally, for those with even more limited space and/or want to take their trains with them on vacation or to the office, Hobby Works also carries a few N-scale (1:120) sets as well. Magnifying glasses not included!
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