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Well, historically domino's is not "modular" in construction but "sectional." Two, the original idea as related by David Barrow was in Germany a long time ago. Thirdly, it is a GREAT misconception that domino's sections have to be flat, in one of his articles Dave shows how build a domino, kind of like L girder so that you can have height. Fourthly, Domino's can be double decked Fifthly, Dave B himself has gone through phases and unfortunately each phase becomes associated with domino theory. By this I mean: a) Dave went through a "representational" phase; the layout prior to this one was representational - it used domino theory b) This layout uses minimalism but that has nothing to do with domino theory. c) You could just as easily do a very detailed "realistic" layout using domino theory. The domino theory itself is designed to: 1) Simplify wiring by using hand throws and DCC 2) Allow the builder to do just about everything at the work bench before adding the section to the layout 3) Be easily portable in case of moves or changed ideas 4) Allow a new person to the hobby a "faster in" into a better layout and by pass the normal wretched 4 by 8; the person can pick and chose track plans that have been proven. 5) A person can modify domino so that for example, it could be an around the room layout.
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