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Hey Plane crazy, [#welcome] welcome back into the hobby and welcome to this forum. I too was in the same boat as everyone else. Got back into the hobby after a couple years. I had kept my dad's 4x8 in the basement and when I got back in i decided to bring it out again. With the 4x8 out I ran trains and just had fun, but still trying out new things. Ii built a small yard and a small switching area. I found I stayed in the basement longer. Then I built and 4x2 and added a bridge to it. I would run passenger trains, tourists steam trains, and every kind of freight imaginable. What this did was give me a taste of everything that MRR had to offer. When I was ready I expanded thee layout. What I did was linked two 4x8 by 2x4 to give me a donut shape. I added a yard and some switching. I operated it for a while wasn't happy then presto layout was expaned again. This was just essentially a larger form of the last one. I had about 95% of the track laid and decided I hated it. So now I'm building it over again. This time larger. Much larger. On to how this pertains to you, and the most important part. EXPERIMENT. Start on a small scale then build up. That 4x8 can be turned into a part of a larget layout. If you learn you like to have larger yards like I do turn that 4x8 into a yard. Use Ez track to make changing things later on easier. Nail down stuff so tearing it up isn't a problem and don't be afraid to change things if you don't like it. Don't make things permanent until your 100% sure of it. Remember your perefect layout won't be built until you build many others. Happy Modeling Andrew
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