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Good Morning! Seems to turn into a nice day here. It is bright and sunny outside, but the night hwas quite cold, only a notch above freezing. I don´t have any real plan for the day, other than going to see Petra´s aunt in the nursing home some 18 miles away. These visits always put a heavy load onto me, as she stays in the same place my parents did shortly before my dad died. I still can´t forget all the circumstance that finally led to his death. When I was a young boy, I used to build up my Marklin layout on my bed. I covered it with a green woollen blanket and put boxes underneath it to simulate hills. The track was just an oval with a passing siding and a couple of spurs. I could play endless hours with this set-up without getting tired of it. Each night night I had to dismantle it, though, which always resulted in a little fussing and fighting when it came to bedtime. With my layout, I sort of want to re-enact the feeling I had in those days, that´s why I want to have continuous running. I don´t know why that Marklin Z scale stuff is so ridiculously expensive. The track for that layout is $ 260, if I buy used track. The little loco sells for $ 260 as well, plus about $ 80 for a handful of used cars. Although there are some used locos available, most of them have the old 3-pole motor, which is no good. So I´d prefer to buy a new loco. I don´t need a powerpack, as I still have a PWM controller I built many years ago. A 9 Volt wallwart will provide the "juice" for it. Benchwork will be on the cheap (the only cheap thing), maybe $ 30. All of that amounts to $ 630 to $ 650, just for the basic start - incredible! Ken - thanks for pinpointing me towards my N scale layout stored iun the attic. I still have it, and I also still have the corner modules I built before I decided to go for the shelf version. I will think about refurbishing it and turning it into a German prototype layout. Could very well be an option (why haven´t I thought about it?). Make it a happy day!
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