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I have tried the domino approach and ran into problems related to my layout room. David Barrow's layout is built in a room above his garage. Mine is built in a basement with a cement floor. The floor of his room above the garage tends to have a nice flat surface. My basement floor is a bit irregular to the point that the T-nut adjusters on the ends of the domino legs cannot compensate in some instances. Therefore an open grid or so called "L" girder approach works better for my situation because the roadbed surface can be leveled by raising and lowering risers without regard to adjusting the legs themselves. Also the more traditional construction results in fewer legs. In addition, I have no plans to move and work for myself so don't have to consider a work related relocaton so the portablility of the layout does not concern me. By the way, David Barrow's layout is called "The Lubbock Industrial District" NOT the Cat Mountain and Santa Fe. The old layout in it's many incarnations was THE Cat Mountain and Santa Fe. From his more recent articles it appears that Mr. Barrow (NOT BARROWS) considers the layout to be the Lubbock Industrial District of the Cat Mountain and Santa Fe. He has some well thought out and inovative approaches to the hobby and is not afraid to tear something down and start over to test his latest approach. Building domonos, however, does tend to use up a lot more wood than an L girder or open grid layout would use if building the same track plan. For more on dominos do a search on the magazine article database on this website for "David Barrow" and you'll turn up a number of articles which will answer any questions you might have on the subject. Mr. Barrow is a good writer as well as a good modeler. His articles are enjoyable reading. Cheers, Ed
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