Thanks. I left the receipt taped to the box and it said 2004 so it was 9 years ago. It also says indoor/outdoor on the box of track. I think some of it is steel and some is brass so if I just use the brass it should be good

I purchased a Bachmann Big Hauler with Indoor/outdoor track approximately 10 years ago but did not have time to do anything with it until recently. I am fairly new to railroading so any help or suggestions that I can get would be really helpful. One thing that I am wondering about is once I get my layout set up in the garden is it okay to leave the track outside year round. I live in the Yukon so we get quite a bit of snow here in winter and a fair amount of rain in summer. I know that I need to bring the train and the controller in but am not sure about the track itself.