Train sets

[briggsy's girl]

Dd got a set with about 100 pieces from toy kingdom, and about a week later was given a similar set from a friend - not sure where the second set was purchased, but both are wooden and fit together well. Unfortunately she doesn't love it so much anymore (trains aren't as much fun as lego) so apart from a couple of hours yesterday when we had another five year old here) they just haven't been touched and we are planning on getting rid of them.
No table here. The train set takes up pretty much our whole lounge room floor lol

[Mrs O'M]

We have some wooden tracks from imaginarium and the magnetic thomas engines. My mum has had a collection of wooden tracks for 35 years and has a huge collection with lots of different wooden brands in her collection. My siblings and I (there are 4 of us) all played with them and my nephews and DS love going to grandmas house to play with the train tracks. They are still in great condition. I would suggest getting something that will last test of time, there are lots of second hand wooden sets on ebay and gumtree and at significantly lower costs than what you would pay retail. That being said toys r us have great sales for their train tracks so its worth keeping an eye out.

[Livinthedream]

Another fan so the wooden ones here.
They are so easy to put together, that even the smallest child can figure them out. I have found the plastic ones to be too fiddly and DS gets super frustrated with them.
We have a basic cheap kit (100 pieces?) which I have just added some expensive Thomas components to it (stations, lights, cranes etc)
I also got an imaginariam remote control train to go with it and a battery operated Thomas engine which have been huge hits.
DS got the original set for his first birthday and we just purchased the upgrades for his 5th birthday.
He plays with it almost daily.

[Phteven]

The wooden Thomas sets. My step-mother has a 20 year old set that is compatible with my 8 year old set. The 20 year old set has been played with by 2 generations of children and it's still in great condition.