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My knee-jerk reaction would be to go HO. But that would depend on the railroad, and what parts of the line that I would be more interested in replicating. I would lean towards HO if this is a short line with short trains and mostly switching, if I want to replicate alot of the structures and the like around the line, if I were going to model steam, or if I wanted very accurate rolling stock and engines. I would lean towards N if I wanted to replicate the expansive feeling of a modern industrial park or the like, if the short line had many long trains, if I wanted to replicate alot of the scenery to run trains through, or if I wanted to run long modern rolling stock like 89' trailer train cars that require broad curves to look good. Mind you, all of this could be done in either scale, but it would determine on what facet of the railroad that I wanted to focus on. ---jps
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