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For starters go to www.nmra.org and on the left side <br />of page, click on "Beginners page" <br /> <br />Scale: the size of things on a model railroad relative to things on a real railroad. <br /> <br />N scale, 1:160 <br />HO scale, 1:87, or 1/87th of the prototype or real <br />full size. <br />You need a plan,allow for future expansion,layout size (4x6, 4x8 etc) <br />What are your room restraints? <br />Try and get to a nearby hobby shop to see I feel the difference in scales & COST. <br />Look thru their magazine rack for the many books <br />available on the hobby. <br />You have to set some price goals, a budget. <br />The HO Walthers catalog has over 1,000 pages. <br />The N Walthers catalog has over 400 pages. <br /> <br />In HO, there are over 15+ locomotive model manufacturers, many making similar models. <br /> <br />There are Chevies, Fords, Chryslers, Lincolns Caddies and a few Lemons in our hobby. <br /> <br />You can see similar locos made by two different <br />model manufacturers with a $50.00 price difference <br /> <br />In a nut shell, it's what's under the shell that counts,(motor, superior operating performance) <br /> <br />The variety available can be overwhelming. <br />Generally, modelers have picked a particular time era to model and relate back to a train time when they were younger and there are those like myself <br />that go from steam models to late diesels. <br /> <br />You are the President of your RR and can do what you wish. <br /> <br />Happy railroading. <br /> <br />
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