Elmar
Hi. I agree 30 foot trains would look nice! But I think two locos and about twelve cars looks just fine. I have a 14' by 32' layout with extensions in another room. 12 to 15 foot trains look fine to me. Any longer and I can't visually take it all I at once anyways. Sometimes I think n and HO scalers get scared away from O-scale because they think they need four locos and 30 car trains. It's great if you have the space but I have modeled in all three scales and I think as you go up in size, you just don't need as many cars / locos for the same "feel." Maybe that is not true if you started in o-scale but I came from n & HO so that is what I have found. I have actually had all three scales lined up with similar locos / cars. I also think that makes n-scale the most expensive scale to model in as well.
I focus on operations though, so I know my opinion is narrow focused and certainly not all incompassing! It's just my opinion!
By the way - I used to be on the old Atlas forum for many years. Once they shut that down I really haven't found a new home. But this forum looks great and has a ton of very knowledgeable modelers on it! I this info sharing is great! It gets me thinking...
Thanks!
Don
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