Strummer - The reason we didn't use Gargraves track for the S-gauge is one of economics. We already had American Flyer track. The AF roadbed was gotten at a show very, very cheap; however it did need a lot of cleaning up. We're using the Lionel KW transformer because the earlier AF 8B 100 watt transformer (can be seen in an earlier page) didn't seem to hack it power wise. We did buy one box of O-gauge Gargraves track at a good price. The rest of the O-gauge track is either recycled from our old layout or from layouts the members were able to disassemble. The Ross (and in one case Curtis) switches are recycled from our old layout. Even the layout frame work is recycled from those disassembled layouts except for the upper level and ramps. Those are made from purchased plywood.
Mark - Yup, may have to wear sun glasses when we power up those floodlights. Gonna need a bigger transformer.
