@rdunniii posted:It all boils down to money. With sufficient application of money all the other things disappear. I am now one of the train collector types because I have accepted I will never have the space to build a layout I will be satisfied with. That means a space where I can run 100 car+ P48 trains where they can be far enough apart that they do not see each other i.e., equidistant signal blocks, when going in the same direction and has about 15' minimum radius. There is a bowling alley nearby that has been shut down for more that a decade but they still want way too much to lease the space. But that is a good amount of space.
I got out of HO when it became too small to see or work on. Not going back there.
Perhaps forming or joining a modular group would work for you? The other scales have members where people build modest modules. When joined together, however, the modules form large and impressive layouts that give all members room to run long trains. My brother is a member of a modular On30 group that routinely puts together layouts that are 60 X 30 feet at trains shows. Some module groups have annual meetings just to run their modules.
The OSK/OSC organization is developing modular standards to for OS2R. I hope that they will be ready soon. You will probably have to create your own P48 group. NH Joe
