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We're building our first layout with Kato Unitrack. We went this direction mostly becuase when my son (who is obsessive about trains) was ready for "electrics", I steered him to n-scale (ok, mom steered us there). We liked the Unitrack, becuase at age 4, he could put together the track and take it apart... and it held up well (and would run on almost any surface, since it has the roadbed built-in). As we accumulated more track, and finally decided to move away from Japanese model train operation to American [;)] (meaning, running it on weekends on the dining room table vs. a permamen layout)...so we strated our first layout with Kato. So far so good (we aren't done yet). It is nice that it has the roadbed and ballast built-in...so we'll scenic up to the track and skip some steps. May not be as prototypical, but being our firs layout, I have enough challenges as it is. My biggest suggestion if you go down the Kato route... buy a bunch of their "expansion" track pieces....they come in very handy if you are doing anything beyond a simple loop.
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