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Hi. Welcome back to the hobby. The size of track like has been stated before is a personal preference. The "Code" as it is called states the height of the rail in thousanths of an Inch. So Code 100 is 100 Thousandths and Code 83 is 83 thousandths of an inch. As for the Brass track. I find that while it does oxidise faster than Nickle silver, I find it quite usable. I find brass track quite managable on a small layout like a 4X6 or a 4X8.. To clean it, I give it a good thorough wipe down with rubbing alcohol. and then when the "Back stuff" is done comming off of it. I give it a good polishing with some polish my father gave me, that is intended to polish brass musical instriments. I found that if I run trains frquently.(At least once a day for at least a half hour) The track only needed cleaned every two weeks or so. However giving the same treatment to nickle silver track will yeild for me a good solid year or so between track cleaning. So its a personal preference to say the least. But if your budget constrained like me. The shorter cleaning interval might be a desirable trade off. However I reccomend make any brass track you do use, out in the open. Hands dont fit to well in things like tunnels. Just some of my rambling thoughts. James
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