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Let's see, Since I'm returning to the hobby after a long stint and all old stuff seems lost in the wind along the way (Note: Never leave things with relatives for storage), I'm going to Have to to basically rebuy everything to get going. Costs for the first year: 1 Train consist: roughly $350 (passenger consist, $200 engine, +) 1 DCC system roughly $250 (midrange average w/power supply) Track for large area roughly $250 (around 5x20' area) Benchwork, roughly $300 (lumber, hardware, MDF board, Tools, ect) Odd supplies, about $250 Total, around $1500, but thats for a relatively large area and a passenger train, cut cost bt half for a 4x8' area and a frieght layout, looking at roughly $750 to enter the hobby reasonably decent. Now you could get away without the DCC and buy an el-cheapo boxed trainset for around $50-100, but soon find you'll have to spend more to just get the train to stop derailing all the time. Might as well buy a quality set right off the bat and save yourself the headache. Hmm...maybe it's the lack of decent cheap sets that's detering the masses from joining the hobby. One person buys a cheap set for $80, 2 weeks later the thing's crapped out on him and he gives up on it. Now if that cheap set lasted, say 6 months to a year, he might actually decide he likes the hobby and seek out better stuff. But no one is going to spend $750 to start a hobby that they're not sure they're going to stay with unless they're die-hards like us. Give them a decent starter set's and let them be eased into the hobby. Jay.
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