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Greetings to All! I am new to the forums, but have been a model railroader for quite some time. Currently I am starting work on my 3rd layout which will occupy 2 bedrooms of my 3 bedroom home (one of the advantages of not having kids [:D]). My layout is based upon the old Seattle North Coast RR and has a rather simple, point to point, track plan - a railroad carfloat at one end (Port Towsend) with large paper mill on the other end (Port Angeles). Two passing sidings (one intentionally shorter than the length of the average train) fill out the rest of the main line. Overall mainline length is roughly 100 feet. My questions: DCC or DC? The Snick was not what one would call heavily trafficed. I will operate this layout either by myself or with one or two other operators. Is DCC worth the expense? (My previous layouts used 2 cab control and I had no problem wiring them up) Trackwork - handlaid or flex track? Rail size (code 70, 83, or 100)? Ballast. By the era that I am modeling, the Snick's roadbed (at least in the pictures I've seen) was pretty much indistiguishable from the surrounding dirt. So, I plan to lay my HO track on N scale cork roadbed (I've already laid a test section of track using salvaged felx track from my previous layout) but, I'm not sure if this can be carried out successfully through out the entire layout. Thanx, in advance, for all the help, George
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