Trains....

Trains became a prominent member of our household when we made a second-hand purchase of a fairly large train set in 2018. Then stuff started happening.

 October 13, 2018

 October 26, 2018

Notice that there are some loose ends and unfinished parts. They soon learned that unfinished tracks were unacceptable, and that maximum linkage and finishing all loose ends at all costs were the hallmarks of professionalism in train building.

 November 15, 2018

 November 25, 2018

 December 30, 2018

January 6, 2019

As far as track beauty, this is one of my favorites.

The trains were purchased for Chris, though all the children (but mostly Daddy) like to play with them. Chris has gotten more and more creative with his track combinations. And we have added a few more pieces to open up more possibilities. The track below has something like 34 possible permutations. It's all about the Y pieces.

May 3, 2020

Sometimes their creativity goes unchecked and this sort of thing happens.

June 9, 2020

It is a huge spiral approachable from two different directions, and it terminates in a very steep, 3-level bridge series.

Then we moved, and the fun didn't stop.

 July 16, 2020

It is two inter-locked, non-overlapping loops. The mountain ties the loops together.

And a side view.

And this train stuff keeps happening.

July 28, 2020

August 4, 2020

Mommy said the track can't block the path to her sewing room, so we had to relocate and re-engineer half of it. Challenge accepted.

August 5, 2020

Challenge conquered.