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you guys have been a wealth of information! I called my LHS and asked some basic questions, but wasn't particularly impressed with their answers. Rick, awesome info! My room is approx 14' x 14', so not much bigger than the one you describe. But, would prefer to have some of that available for other things, so, even though I earlier said I was leaning to HO, I'm now leaning to N... My HO stuff is early '70's TYCO. Couple engines, maybe 10 cars. Have two controller's...one is definitely TYCO, the other is (I think...) AHN. The TYCO one was nice at the time...two dials IIRC, not really sure what to look for, but don't mind replacing it. So I don't have much invested in HO. I think my boy will get tired of watching it go around and around, so switching and 'tasks' will be needed. Also want to spend lots of time with scenery and wiring... I'll have to go look at DCC info on forum as suggested. We spent hours tonight playing with son's Thomas stuff, so I'm all ready to go get some "Daddy trains". But I guess they'll wait until I learn more and build my bench(es). Everyone seems to agree starting with a single 4'x8' layout. Thanks for info! jdhermit
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