@B23Dash7 posted:I had never even considered dead rail, so thanks for opening up that whole world to me. And as for 2-rail O, I'll admit it's quite tempting, but the cost seems to be higher and the options fewer. Then again I'm more of an operator than a collector, so "buy once cry once" as they say.
I associate with many 0 scale 2 railers who are operators and modelers so since you are "more of an operator than a collector," you might fit in. It really depends on what you are looking for in your modeling and what you want to achieve. A good number of the items appropriate for my specific 2 rail railroad have not even been made in 3 rail so regarding options, maybe, maybe not. Admittedly, I wouldn't want 3 rail track no matter what the cost since it is not my preference.
Since you are starting out fresh, dead rail and DCC seem like a very viable option. If I did not have my layout fully wired, I'd give dead rail more consideration. Regular wired DCC has worked great for me anyway.
