Getting on Track: 7+ Tips to Start Your Model Train Journey

When my dad passed 8 years ago, I inherited his collection of model trains.

He used to set up a big display in the basement every year. It was always fun to watch the trains go around the tracks. And the little smoke coming out of the train engine was the coolest.

Here is what I inherited.

The history of model trains goes way back to the 1800's:

1830s: German toymakers were making the first miniature trains, which were pushed along tracks and made from tin or brass poured into molds.

1891: The German company Märklin produced the first mass-market model train sets, which were…