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Hello everyone, <br /> <br />I've been reading through threads here for weeks and now feel I have some questions. <br /> <br />First my background. I'm a thirty year old male, in Ontario.... no model train experience. I mean none. Always been haunted by a train set I had as a kid that never worked. I remember just looking at the trains piled in a box. Thought its a good time to look into this. Now, I've been taking advice from the forums and am reading everything I can, to try and get a little bit of a handle on this vast hobby. <br /> <br />I am fortunate that a great hobby shop is right in my neighbourhood. I've been making weekly visits just to look at all of the inventory. Finally bought my first set the other day. Atlas oval track with two switches, MRC tech 4 220 controller, an Athearn middle of the road loco, two cars and a caboose (Athearn BB kits). So far having a lot of fun running in circles. <br /> <br />My questions. <br />1. I found the thread in this forum suggesting a newbie section for basic questions. I think this would be great. That thread is locked so I couldn't pipe in there, but I really lack all of the basic knowledge that many of you have developled years ago. Is there a good place to go for basic knowledge such as, different switch types, how to uncouple cars, how to maintain locos, troubleshooting derailments and on and on? <br /> <br />2. I have my oval on a 4x8 sheet of plywood and had planned on quickly expanding this. I read the thread on the limitations of 4x8 layouts and could not pipe into that thread because it is also locked. Many suggested alternate type of layouts along a wall. I already see the advantage to this since I cannot reach the one turnout switch on the other side of my 4x8. Having no experience, where would one find track plans for this alternate type layout? <br /> <br />3. Finally any advice, tips, websites, or literature for a brand new guy is greatly appreciated. I have a lot of learning to do. <br /> <br />Thanks in advance. <br /> <br />Chad
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