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(I accidently hit the enter key) As I was saying, using homasote is a real advantage. The stuff is great to work with. In general, you shouldn't have any more than a 3% grade. If possible a more gentle grade is definately preferable. I would recomend doing a flat layout if you are having many problems. All of your track work should be easily accessible. My pike I stand in the middle of and it goes around me. The trains are always in easy reach. Even with perfect trackwork, derailments are sometimes going to happen. This is my third layout and I now prefer ground throw switches. That's one less thing to go wrong and in Nscale when a switch machine burns out or stops working it is a pain to fix. The ground throws lock into place so you have fewer engines or cars "pick" the switch. Buy a few quality engines at first instead of a bunch of inexpensive crappy ones. If you are modeling in Nscale be careful about the steam engines. I have found a few good ones and many crappy ones. Also steam is also much more finicky than deisels. You may want to wait before you get any steam power. Don't be afraid to rework sections of your layout. Most people find places on their layout that they want to improve or change. Don't get too discouraged. Keep trying and it will all eventually over time come together.
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