Thank you to all who posted. Your suggestions are well taken and appreciated. Trainroom Gary, there is a local model train club that has a storefront in the mall with their layouts displayed and available for users to test equipment out. They feature ALL Gauges and I have talked with them before (how I got interested in the first place). My initial purchase into the hobby was through Trainworld. They had some great prices and the service was excellent. Also being a former NYer now living in South Carolina, I was quite familiar with their store on Long Island. I will keep everyone updated on progress as I begin to build the layout. I have a 4x4 board which was the initial board for a simple loop (under the tree setup). I will be putting legs on it this week and adding my first 4x8 to the project. So the first part will be a larger loop that is 4x12. I will later be adding another 4x4 to the opposite end making the loop larger at 4x16. The 2 other 4x8 will be added down the road. I will be posting pictures as I build it up. Thanks again everyone.
Tom
