Dave,
I admit it, I am partial to S Gauge. It's a good time for us now, lots of manufacturer's in this scale today.
Below is a link to the ACSG club I belong to, you can spend some time checking out peoples layouts, supplier links, show photo's and videos etc:
http://sgaugers.org/index.html
Keep asking questions, that's how I learn.
Welcome to S,
Aflyer