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 I received my first copy of MR in 1969, and although I could not really read the text (1 year of English language in school was not sufficient to understand), the pictures I saw put me in a state of awe. Those huge layouts! Those fantastic looking structures. And those highly detailed brass locos! I looked at my Marklin stuff and packed it away for years...But was, and still is, what I saw and still see published in MR and other fine mags, layout reality? Or are the masterpieces we see the exception, but not the rule?Paulus Jas has stated, that the average layout (continental Europe) may be still that roughly 2 m by 1 m sized table top layout, single or double lap, two or three sidings and some spurs to a freight station or a loco shed. All manufacturers offer easy to install 1-2-3 track sets to just build that (and my LHS man tells me that this is what is being sold).How´s that in the US/Canada? Is it the 4 by 8, single lap, 1 siding, 4 - 5 spurs layout made with Atlas Snap-Track or Bachmann E-Z Track? If, so, the difference in average mrr practice would not be that great, would it?Btw, after pausing for nearly two decades (career, getting married, starting a family, building a home), I tried my long dormant skills on a 2m by 1 m layout, out-and-back design, with a hidden staging yard. For reasons of nostalgia I chose Marklin  C-Track and their proprietary digital command system. When it comes to reliability, nothing beats Marklin, IMHO.
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