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I am getting into the hobby for the first time really (my dad built me a layout when I was <10, I still have some HO and N gauge engines!), and I would love to have $1K and a 4 x 8, I haven't put the thought into this that experience MR's have but I stand by my first post to keep the layout simple and just run trains. I remember loving my little N gauge switch engine because it never had a problem, in fact when I found my old stuff a few weeks ago and set up a circle on the basement floor, the little switch engine still made it around a loop until the poorly laid track flew apart. It's probably been about 27 years since it last made a loop - and I never did any shunting. What I'm trying to say is get a simple classic layout, here is a link to one of <A href="http://www.atlasrr.com/Code100web/pages/10006.htm">my favorites</A>, it's from Atlas. Get yourself set up to run the trains on a layout that allows you to run more than one. Initially don't worry so much about "era" or "theme" - find out what you like and incorporate that into layout #2. The most obvious thing in visiting these forums is that everyone who has a layout #1 and enjoys it makes a layout #2 and enjoys it more! Besides, that steam engine can always be a tourist train or something later in life, they still run those sometimes!
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