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You don't need to lay out a lot of money to get going, although the basic reference books will be helpful at any point. Try the library, the internet, the local hobby shop (mine has a "back issues bin" where old magazines can be had for 50cents). Much of the information is repeated over and over - for example Model Railroader will periodically do "back to basics" - there are soldering articles from the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and so on. Soldering hasn't changed that much - you don't really need the newest book to tell you how to do it. The only exception is DCC, which is new, and still changing somewhat, at least in terms of price and what features are available. I have gotten a lot of good information using these sources, and can then save my money to buy the materials, locos, track, whatever that I need to turn my plans into a real layout. For $15 to $20 I can either have two to three new magazines, or 5 old ones, plus a new piece of rolling stock. Andrew
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