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...I'm getting back into model railroading. My grandpa had an impressive N scale layout when I was a kid. It was probably close to 12' x 20'. I remember playing for hours with that thing. And then I got my own HO scale set for Christmas one year. It was nothing fancy, just a simple figure 8 with a bridge. My dad bought all kinds of stuff and was going to turn that spare bedroom into a nice train room for me. But then my little sister came along. Now I have a son who loves trains. A lot of that old stuff has survived over the years, and this weekend I went to mom and dad's and set up the old figure 8. Dad even dug up some old magazines, some from as far back as 1951. I spent most of the day looking at 4x6 layouts, trying to find something I could manage. It was a lot of fun getting back into this hobby, and I'm looking forward to getting started. I have a few questions, and I was hoping someone could help me: 1) Is there some sort of software download to design your own layouts? If not, can you direct me to a good site that has 4x6 layouts? 2) I'm looking for a brand(s) of freight cars and locos that have a lot of detail, probably even something model-like that I can assemble. Don't worry about my skill level of assembly, I'm more concerned with realism, but I don't want to spend a ton of cash either.
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