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 Good Morning/Good Night,The doc gave me some pink little pill so I had a long sleep this night. Don´t feel really relaxed, though. As things were getting worse yesterday, I went to see the doc on duty. He ran a complete check-up on me, but could not find anything. So the good news is, that it is not the flu or any of that sort. The bad news is, that my batteries are really empty - the guy was mumbling something like "complex physical and psychic exhaustion" -am I now a case for the funny farm? I am getting worried... [%-)] Todd  - that control panel issue is not an easy question to answer, regardless of DC or DCC. It is finally a question of type of operation and personal preference. If you like to model prototype operation on your layout, it pays off to be close to the train, not only for watching it, but also to do your power routing (DC mode) and operating of your turnouts. A central control panel would certainly make you walk back and forth all the time and thus hamper the operation. If, however, you want to see one or more trains "run" on your layout, a central control panel would be better to "direct" your trains.On the issue of DC vs. DCC, my personal choice  would always be DCC, as it minimizes the wiring effort considerably and makes you control the loco, and not the track power.Sawyer - liked your videos very much - especially the one where your Mom calls your for dinner! [swg] I have noticed, though, that there is a kink in one of the yard tracks- the one closest to the edge of the layout. You may want to straighten that one...Ray - great pics! Live steam is just about as close to the real thing as you can get in a smaller than 1:1 scale. Too bad, the pics don´t transmit that smell o´ steam and hot oil...Rob - Jeff - get well soon and take care! Hope the day comes when we can uncouple that chapel car behind the diner! Flo, I´ll have some coffee in my LKAB mug and the the breakfast special. It is going to be a sunny day here - maybe even the last for the year - so I may go for a little walk, if I find the strength to do it and someone to go with me.A good day to all of you!  Edit:I was ask to build a small HO scale display layout for the local department store, but before accepting this "job" I need to find out, what locos and rolling stock to use on this layout. It will be a 4 x 14 "table" with a background right down the middle, separating the display part from the staging part. The layout theme is a western town  in the 1870´s to 1890´s with those typical features, like wooden water tower, stock yard, telegraph office, small depot, saloon etc. - the typical "John Wayne" atmosphere. I already have a simple track plan in mind, but what locos and rolling stock to use? Those Bachmann 4-4-0 are too toylike and the Spectrum 4-4-0 and 4-6-0´s too modern. As for rolling stock, are there any wooden kits available?. I was figuring on a wooden coach, some stock cars, a caboose and a couple of boxcars. I need to add, that the layout does not have to be finished by Christmas, as I will not be able to accomplish this. Any ideas?
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