Hi, I'm Jeff!
I thought I would introduce myself here. I've recently gotten interested in O gauge trains again, after a brief interest in it 5 or 6 years ago. At that time I had a Lionel set(I still do), but decided to stick with N scale. Moving to the present, I finally have a separate building that I can use for my trains (It's 20x20ft) and decided that maybe I would look at O gauge again. While N would make a great layout in that space, I don't think I could have the motivation to come up with such a large layout. I also like the idea of "collecting" engines, hence an interest in scale size O gauge trains, but I still want to run them on a layout and enjoy them. O gauge locomotives just seem much more interesting than anything in N scale with all the bells and whistles(literally) they have. While I haven't bought anything yet, my goal is to start looking at modern day diesels, I live in the midwest/south and CSX/NS are the main players around here. I thought about starting my "collection" by purchasing NS's Heritage units if I can find them, and go from there with modern era stuff. From what I've been reading online I think I shouldn't have any curve issues with the space I now have, but I have other questions such as what track to use and what system should I go with(I've seen at least one person mention they use TMCC and DCS on their layout), but I'll save those questions for the appropriate board.