Welcome
to our Hobby Train Sets Department where we offer a huge selection
of Collectible Model Train Sets of all types. We have your favorite
Sports Team Collectible Trains, Holiday Train Sets, famous movies &
celebrity train sets. Come on in and checkout our vast variety of
models to choose from. They are not only fun but colorful,
decorative, and unique. Kids will love them, even some of us older
kids. Below are some of our Collectible Trains and above are links
to other Train Sets.
We also offer an enormous selection of model train accessories to
help you add to and build your own model train displays.
Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Wooden Play
Set Collection: Mickey's See Ya' Real Soon
Collectible Trains
Children of all ages seem to enjoy playing with trains, but may
adults do as well. They may not be playing with them though as
much as they are collecting them. There are true train
collectors and then there are those who want to simply make a
fun hobby out of it. Many of them in either category or current
railway workers or they have since retired from the profession.
There are many great layouts you can create as a hobby for your
train. With a flat piece of board that is as large as you would
like, you can transform it into your own train area. There are
train kits that contain smaller scale boxcars, engines,
cabooses, train stations, tunnels, and tracks. You can also buy
individual pieces in order to personalize your train collection.
Many of the tracks even come with controllers so you can switch
the tracks and have more than one train on it.
Some of the older Santa Fe train pieces are worth a large amount
of money today. This is because it was one of the largest
railway companies for decades. In recent years it has merged
with Burlington Northern to become Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
The pieces of equipment for collecting that say Santa Fe on the
sides of them are collectibles that continue to increase in
value.
Many of the older collectible trains from the late 1800’s and
early 1900’s are extremely valuable. The majority of them are in
various train museums all over the world. These early
collectibles are quite heavy because they were made from iron.
After those came trains made from wood. The majority of the
collectible trains offered today are made from various types of
durable plastic.
There are two types of gauging used for the tracks with
collectible trains. If you are planning to buy separate pieces
you really need to make sure you get the right gauge of
equipment or it won’t work on the tracks. Your two choices are O
or S scaled items. O scale items measure the distance between
the outer two rails of the track. The S scale items measure the
distance from the two outer rails so it is slightly larger.
Lionel Model Trains continues to be the biggest manufacturer of
collectible trains today. Their hottest seller right now is the
Harry Potter train that takes him and the other students to
their school at the beginning of each movie. The Hogwarts
Express is anticipated to sell more than the record holding
Polar Express from 2004.
Whether you collect trains just to have or you use them to
indulge in one of your favorite hobbies, they are delightful to
have. The cost of collectible trains depends on where you
purchase them and the condition they are in. You can get new
pieces from many retailers but the older items you will have to
purchase online, at yard sales, and even from antique stores.
You may want to check with your father or grandfather though as
there is a good chance they may have a box or two of them stored
in the attic or the garage.
If you have old collectible trains in your home, you may want to
find out what they are worth. You may be sitting on a goldmine
that is just packed up in a box somewhere. There are some
collectors out there looking for rare train collectibles as well
as museums who are always looking for more materials to add to
their displays.
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