Hi CSX Troy:
Thanks for your interest in my West Bottoms layout! I haven't furthered it much since the last pictures were posted.
I'm currently rethinking everything as I look toward retirement. There MAY (outside chance) be a dedicated out-building in my future for my trains. I sort-of-kind-of thought about simply going back to 3 rail traditional for such a building. (3 rail has good "plop n' play" track sytems, low hassle factors, lots of cheap traditional-sized stuff available on the resale market, etc, etc.) I intended to stay with an urban setting. I would continue tinkering with my S scale on this small layout I have here in this room (that you saw pics of) and have a lower hassle factor traditional 3 rail layout out in The Building.
HOWEVER...
I'm now beginning to consider the idea of putting S scale into such a building IF said building comes to pass. I would then simply use my modest traditional 3 rail collection around the Christmas tree each year.
This would mean no "eggs in different baskets". (i.e. My available funds would not be split between purchasing 3 rail and S scale.) I could have a better end result if I stay focused on my chosen scale: S.
Plus, I would get about 30% more railroad in the same space with S scale!
Andre
