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JJ, First thing you ought to keep in mind is what you want your layout to look like. What you model should tell you what sort of cars to get. While you can always rely on nice mixed freights as a way to get just about any kind of car on your road, the real treat is when you can put together even a "scaled-down" version of a particular unit train, be it something as common as a long coal train or grain train, as unusual as a tra***rain or a nuke-waste train, or as unique as the Tropicana Juice Train. The rule of thumb I follow is that, if you look long and hard enough, you'll find a prototype for any model you create for your layout. Have fun!
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