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Big subject ... see the MRR Turtle Creek Layout discussion! I take it your modelling in HO scale, if your into N, O/On30 or G the advice might be a bit (but not a lot different). Do you want to use sectional track (like Snaptrack or Unitrack track) or do want to use flex track which you have to bend yourself and cut to the right length? Some people even build there own track from scratch but I wouldn't recomend that to begin with. If you're going to make any sort of permament style layout I would recommend you use flex track this way your not tied to the set curves of sectional track and you can make the layout look more realistic, although it might take you a little longer to get up and going; Atlas, Peco and Walthers are all quite reasonable makes that won't brake the bank and look quite reasonable. They all do a range of matching turnouts in a variety of different sharpnesses. Flexible track systems are pretty interchangable so you aren't set into buying from a particular manufacturer; for example I use a mixture of Peco, Walthers and Micro Engineering track on my layout together with a bit of hand laid track.
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