I had a O-27 set, which only could be set up on the living room or dining room floors. That means it was never running for very long. Nobody ever took photos and I was just a little kid at the time.
I then had an HO loop on probably a 4X4' plywood base my dad made for me as an early teen. I don't think there are any photos of that today as I never got scenery done as it, too, had to be moved whenever anyone needed to do... anything.
I then built a HO switching layout that looked like a module for a larger group. I did as good as I could again, once dad did the benchwork for me. This was in my room but I didn't design it well so I couldn't switch more than one car at a time. I had fun building stuff but I knew nothing of switching like in an op session. I took lots of photos but have no clue where any are today. If there are photos of it exist, I'd be embarrassed for anyone to see them. It was gone by sometime in the 90s, if memory serves.
I left the hobby about that time due to the worst possible experience with a module club I could have imagined killed my interest.
Cut to 2014, when I finally built my very first layout where all the "heavy lifting" (other than electrical), I did by myself. That one is all documented on my website link...
