Happy Holidays!!! Enjoy your new GeoTrax...

Buy Hard to Find GeoTrax sets on eBay:
* GeoTrax Mega Set
* GeoTrax High Chimes Clock Tower
* GeoTrax Mile High Mountain
* GeoTrax Deluxe Elevation Starter Set w/Blue Suspension Bridge
* GeoTrax City Track Pack
* or Buy your GeoTrax in Bulk

A reader sent me this picture of a track layout they did for a recent work party. Sounds like it was a huge hit with all the kids. Thank you Craig for sharing the photo with us. Merry Christmas everyone!



Here is another layout sent by a reader in Puerto Rico, thanks Carol and son.



If anyone else has a track layout they would like to share send me an e-mail...you will find the address at the bottom right of this page. Thanks to all the readers for your support...look for more to come in 2007 and be sure to tell your friends about the site.

GeoTrax Holiday Gift Idea List 2006

I decided to put together a list of what I think will be the hottest items for your little GeoTrax engineers this holiday season. So whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa check out what I recommend for the GeoTrax fan in your life:

Only on eBay.com
GeoTrax Track Layout Manual
GeoTrax DVD (Sold Individually)
GeoTrax Track Pack with Jumbo/Large Curve Pieces
GeoTrax Lots (New & Used)
GeoTrax Allbright Trucking Remote
GeoTrax Mile High Mountain
GeoTrax Bulldozer
GeoTrax Dump Truck

New Sets
GeoTrax Lift N' Load Quarry
GeoTrax City Track PackWith Special T-track Piece
GeoTrax Big City Lights Center
GeoTrax Rainbow Bridge
GeoTrax Beam Town Fire Station
GeoTrax Red Wing Jet Plane

Remote Control Vehicles
GeoTrax Dump Truck  Sold out? Try geotrax dump truck on eBay
GeoTrax Bulldozer  Sold out? Try geotrax bulldozer on eBay
GeoTrax Allbright Trucking
GeoTrax Big City RapidRail

Starter Sets
GeoTrax $99 Mega Set
GeoTrax Big City Rapidrail Starter Set  Fisher Price Exclusive
GeoTrax Workin' Town Railway
GeoTrax Play Packs

More Train Stuff...
Train Tables
Train Bedding
Thomas the Train Bunk Bed
Polar Express
Lincoln Logs Train Set
Wooden Train Sets
AAA Batteries
AA Batteries

Other Fisher Price Items
FP Kid Tough Digital Camera for Boys
FP Kid Tough Digital Camera for Girls
FP Shake N' Go Racers
FP Little People Playsets

Watch the latest GeoTrax commercial.

New GeoTrax Cement Mixer Truck

When I received my Lift N' Load Quarry in the mail, I noticed on the back of the packaging that there appeared to be one more GeoTrax new release that wasn't being talked about yet. It is a new Cement Mixer Truck.



This appears similar to the garbage truck, police car and ambulance released earlier this year. A push vehicle that makes different cement mixer truck sounds at the push of a button. I have only seen these for sale on eBay so far.

Search eBay: geotrax cement mixer

Lift N' Load Quarry - Pictures of Packaging

I got my Lift N' Load Quarry that I ordered from Amazon.com. Here are some pictures of the front and back of the packaging.





Search Amazon: geotrax lift n load quarry

GeoTrax Track Layout Ideas - Part II

Another great source for GeoTrax track layout ideas comes from an eBay user (e-store-24) who has created some well-designed track layout manuals.

Only on eBay - One-of-a-kind GeoTrax Track Layout Manuals
     o Vol. 3 - Elevation Track Layouts
     o Vol. 4 - Table Top Layouts
     o Vol. 5 - Workin' Town Layouts

The track layout manuals can be purchased on eBay for $9.99 + $2.50 shipping. These track layouts have been designed using professional CAD graphical software. Look at the detail...


Image Credit: e-store-24

It appears a total of 5 track layout manuals have been created to date. Vols. 3, 4 and 5 are actively being sold on eBay.

Here is a little bit more about these manuals...

Volume 3 focuses on the elevation series of GeoTrax sets and includes 16 different track layouts. The layouts have been well thought out so that the trains can run in both directions and won't get stuck in a loop. Track layouts are also large enough to get 3, 4 and even 5 trains running at the same time.

Volume 4 accomplishes the goal of creating space-efficient layouts designed for table top (or floor) assembly. Parents can appreciate track layouts that don't occupy floor space throughout the entire house. Learn to assemble feature rich layouts in compact spaces--manual includes 16 new layouts.

Volume 5 is geared towards building layouts with the Workin' Town Railway set plus a minimal amount of additional sets.

All layout manuals include a table that shows a list of all layouts and the sets required when assembling the layout. Here is an example from Vol. 5.


Image Credit: e-store-24

Only on eBay - One-of-a-kind GeoTrax Track Layout Manuals
     o Vol. 3 - Elevation Track Layouts
     o Vol. 4 - Table Top Layouts
     o Vol. 5 - Workin' Town Layouts

Search eBay: geotrax layout manual

GeoTrax New Releases - Lift 'N Load Quarry, Bulldozer & Dump Truck

Free shipping eligible for purchases over $25 on amazon.com -- Buy The Lift 'N Load Quarry Now!

More new releases from Fisher-Price just in time for Christmas. All three are great additions to your construction set.

First is the Lift 'N Load Quarry. It looks like a really cool set including a conveyor belt and a spiral shoot for the rocks to roll down before being loaded onto a train or truck. It also comes with the new T-track piece. Here is a picture from the Instruction Sheet.

Image Credit: Fisher Price: GeoTrax Lift 'N Load Quarry Instruction Sheet.

Two new remotes are being released a Bulldozer and a Dump Truck. Even more exciting is the fact that they now come with a reverse direction option. That's right, using your remote you can make them go forward AND backwards. Check out the new remote style.

Image Credit: Fisher Price: GeoTrax Instruction Sheets.

These look like fun, the dump truck even has real dumping action. Here are some pictures from the Instruction sheets.

Image Credit: Fisher Price: GeoTrax Bulldozer Instruction Sheet.

Image Credit: Fisher Price: GeoTrax Dump Truck Instruction Sheet.

Both of these remotes interact well with the new Quarry...

GeoTrax Track Layout Ideas - Part I

Designing a track layout is part art and part science. I remember when we bought our first GeoTrax set, the Tracktown Railway, my wife kept saying, "Don't throw the box away, we need it as a reference to put the track together."

Once you add a few sets to your collection, you quickly out grow the basic layouts and are left to your own creativity. Once I found a few resources on the web, I was able to convince my wife to release her security blanket (the box), and let her creativity flow.

I am happy to report she has become quite the designer or her own original and creative railroad track layouts. The next few posts will focus on some resources available to help any of you who are stumped to get going on creative track layouts.

First a little inspiration...queue the Zydeco music...

(Press the play button (2 times) in the center of the image to play the movie.)

Credit: YouTube user EricTimothyJessen Special Thanks to Matthew, Eric, Chad & Blake for creating this!

Fisher-Price recognized the need and added some track layouts to their site. These can be hard to find in Google because of all the flash animation that FP uses on its website. No worries, I have creative a comprehensive list of the links for you here, enjoy!

Beginner Track Layout #1
(Printer Versions: Basic (Overhead) View, Enhanced View)

Beginner Track Layout #2
(Printer Versions: Basic (Overhead) View, Enhanced View)

Intermediate Track Layout #1
(Printer Versions: Basic (Overhead) View, Enhanced View)

Intermediate Track Layout #2
(Printer Versions: Basic (Overhead) View, Enhanced View)

Advanced Track Layout #1
(Printer Versions: Basic (Overhead) View, Enhanced View)

Advanced Track Layout #2
(Printer Versions: Basic (Overhead) View, Enhanced View)

Expert Track Layout #1
(Printer Versions: Basic (Overhead) View, Enhanced View, Step-by-step Instruction Sheet (PDF))

Expert Track Layout #2
(Printer Versions: Basic (Overhead) View, Enhanced View, Step-by-step Instruction Sheet (PDF))

Or, for those who yearn for simpler times, here are the Tracktown Railway Track Layouts I mentioned earlier in this post.