Enjoying Trains With The Little One

Great stuff!

LOL.. this is great!

 

They enjoy the trains in their own way don't they?  My two year old grandson actually likes to watch the trains run but he prefers to pickup the automobiles and trucks and line the up outside the Christmas layout.  

 

There is nothing like enjoying your trains through the eyes of a two year old!

That's why I love this hobby - Great vid!!!  Me and my kids ( 3yr boy / 6yr girl )  enjoy the hobby together as a family.  We visit the Scottsdale McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park every weekend since we don't have any way to run our trains here at home. I've been thinking about joing their club but I think you have to be invited or sponsored.

Perfect, exactly what toys were meant to do. Sad that some have lost sight of the simple pleasure of just running the trains for fun.

Looks like he was enjoying the 'running session'. Probably helps him sleep better too! Glad he enjoys the trains.

Has he ever caught one yet?

I don't think you need to be invited.  AZ Train Depot has a flyer in the store window inviting people to come down and join the O-gaugers.  I work with a guy that's a member of the HO club and he's never said anything about needing an invite to join (But they are different clubs.).  I know when I 1st was trying out TMCC a couple years ago, the then president of the club invited me to come over to run my locomotives to make sure they work (I didn't at the time as our schedules didn't match up.).  When next you're there, just ask them, I'm sure whoever is there will gladly be your "sponsor."

Pure bliss!

-Greg

I agree it is so fun to share with little ones.  Over the holidays, my almost 3-year old wanted me to take her to the layout our club had set up so she could run her Thomas train every weekend!  

 

Priceless!

That is awesome! What a great age, they can really start getting into the trains.

 

 

My Little Engineer!!

An electric toy train running around a loop of track is MAGIC to a child.

 

Thanks for the video and sharing it here.

Very cool........

Wow.. I for sure thought there were more grandpa's out there with pictures of their little helpers...

OK, OK, here's my Sammy with me last year enjoying the train under the tree...  At two, he learned to control the speed and even to flip the power switch to turn off the transformer.   With my being there, of course.

 

 

Baby A.J. watches the Lionel Trains.........

Priceless! That's what it's all about.

Just like I did at his age.  Pushing them by hand.

 

Running trains with children is a wonderful experience.  One of the things I love about this hobby is that it has so many totally different sides to it.  Playing with trains with the kids is just totally different than working on/running trains myself of with friends.  I enjoy both, a lot, but they are totally different experiences and types of fun.  

My Grand Daughter is only one, so the jury is "still out" regarding if she's going to like trains. When my boys were little, I made the mistake of buying HO sets for them. The track was so finicky that the constant derailments sucked the fun out of running trains. They both lost interest very quickly.

 

Gilly

Lee

You are so right.  I don't know of another hobby which can satisfy so many different interests.

 

Al

I brought my two youngest with me to Trainstock7 today. They had fun racing trains on the Sopranos layout.

 

This picture says it all!!! Look at those faces and tell me girls don't enjoy toy trains!

Great photo!