“When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules?” ~  Stephen Wright, Comedian

My kid loves his Thomas the Train tracks, and I like putting together various configurations.  In fact, I keep buying more tracks so we can go bigger!  I never had train tracks, and these are easier than real model railroading in that the tracks just snap together.  No electricity, no wires, no transformers, and no worries if you lose or break something.