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[quote user="IRONROOSTER"]Lionel and MTH command control systems are not compatible.[/quote] This is not correct.  I have Legacy and DCS connected on the same track. Some thoughts on O guage trains in general: everything is longer.  40' box cars are 10" or so.  Passenger cars are 18-22" (scale stuff).  A seven car passenger train with A-B-A set of E units is over 14' long.  If you are limited to 6.5' in width, you will be able to accomodate O72 curves.  Ross Custom Switches makes and excellent product.  The Lionel Fastrack seems to be a good product as well. Postwar Lionel stuff is near bullet proof, with care and maintenance it will run for a long time.  That having been said, Im one of those people that is bothered by the non-scale rolling stock.  I run Scale dimnenstioned equipment on 3 rail.  The 3 rail doesnt bother me all that much, and if I ever win the lottery, Im buying a railroad and laying a 3rd rail down the middle, just to mess with the 2 Rail scale O guys....
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