Hello Everyone,
I am starting this thread to document my first 3-Rail layout. This layout is built on top of kitchen cabinets that I bought at the HD. It is 15ft x 12ft. I am modelling Florida East Coast RR. The reason for being everything flat. Running the railroad will be run by MTH DCS WiFi. This layout was actually started on the 1st of January of this year (2020). The day before a couple of friends of mine came over and we took apart the old HO narrow gauge that I had on the same spot. So on the 1st of January I cleaned and prep the table top to start laying tracks. From the 2nd thru the 4th of January I kept buying tracks and installing. Since I was not familiar with the sizes of the MTH RealTrax, it was a learning curve. Although I was very impressed the way the Lionel tracks looked but what sold me on the MTH was the modular aspect of it. Easy to connect to powered the tracks and accessories. Plus the other big thing was the price on the turnouts of the MTH was a lot cheaper than the Lionel. So I ended getting the MTH tracks.
Power Units: As of now, I have a brand new still in the box that I bought on the 31st of December. It is a MTH SD40-2 with DCS system painted in the FEC RR Champion scheme colors. Eventually I am planning to get me another SD40-2. To me, because of the limited size layout that I have with 0-42 radiuses on every curves and turnout the SD40-2 will be the biggest I would like to have. The era will be modern but limited to 55' rolling stock.
Yesterday I ran all the feeders to a centralized place on the layout which I chose that it is the section against the wall. Today I connected all the feeders to the terminal board. Now I am just waiting for the DCS system to arrive in the mail
