Got my first train about 1950 .It was a marx steamer o27 train set.I did not have a layout until I got married in 1966. I'm still married to the same woman for 50 years. I love ho and n scale. First n scale engine was a rapido diesel. First ho engine was blue box athearn diesel. My current layout is in a 14x24 foot room. I have ho in half the room and n scale in the other half. I have diesels & steamers. All my ho engines have dcc & sound. N engines all have dcc & some with sound. I use the digitrax wireless system, manual switch throws,peco & atlas switches,atlas flex track, no particular era ,L&N engines,along with what I see near my home,CSX ,U.P.,N.S, C&O,etc.,