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Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum, and have a life long love for trains. I had a pretty descent layout when i was about 10 (4x8 HO) and have dreamed my whole life of building something really special. I have been seriously contemplating getting back into this hobby for the last couple years and I finally convinced my wife to let me have part of the basement for my hobbies. I have rescently begun re-modeling the basement and will soon have a nice space to build my railroad so now the big question. Where do I start and what do I do? I have a few pieces of n scale stuff but nothing much and I have been reading every bit of info i can get my hands on. I can't decide on scale or a track design, I know I like MRR's that look realistic in scale and function and my space is limited to a room that is 16 x 24. I hope to include some sort of inustry and a switchyard for plenty of "play" time and I'm not into passenger trains or trolleys. My favorite trains are late steam era steam and diesel trains but I may have some more modern trains too. Any suggestions on design or theme or scale are greatly appreciated, I want this to be a long time hobby but I like everyone else want to start playing as soon as possible. I am an engineer (design) and have multiple cad programs to design with, lately I have been sketching out ideas, Click on this link to see a drawing of my hobby room http://supergenius74.kicks-***.net/avatar/room.jpg TIA shane.
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