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Hi everyone - I am new to model railroading and jumped head first into my first layout - the Muscatine and Northern N Scale from the Jan 2001 MR magazine. I have already built the benchwork as described in the article and have the plywood top in place. My next step is to buy the foam board, track, trains and DCC at a show this weekend but I have a few questions. 1) Wiring: I'm not sure where to begin.. I was thinking of possibly using DCC but the track layout seems to only really support a single train (possibly two because of the passing track). Is it worth it? If not, how would I wire this config? 2) Track: I'm not sure what track to get. The article lists plain old Atlas track - if I go this route, is this ok? Also, what do I put under the track? I mean, if I put the foam board on top of the plywood (Do I even need the foam board if I have the plywood???), does the track just get nailed/glued onto the foam board or plywood? Or do you put some of that track cork down first? Or should I just get track that has a roadbed already built in (Pricey I would imagine..) 3) Order: Do I put the foam down and "sculpt " it with places for the river, hills etc and then put the track down? When does the wiring get done? 4) Has anyone else built an N scale layout using this layout? Thx for all the help... I'm sure to ask more questions and learn a ton from reading all the messages already on here!
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