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There is no better way than to make some plan and start building. I have never made a layout yet, that at some point I couldn't improve upon it later. When you first start running trains, ideas will come to mind of what you will like to do. There is no perfect plan. My motto is I will finish...

I bought two brand new sd-40-2 Kato engines, and neither one of them ran out of the box because of the way the manufacturer did the electrical hook ups on them. I do not buy Kato products anymore.

I have never YET had derailment problems with an Atlas rtr car. They give me such joy that I don't have to spend time getting them to run right. Their detailing needs some work sometimes. I love Atlas cars, I wish their was more variety!

I am wandering through the forums too, an Atlas orphan!

If you have children at home, I set up my layouts with about 12" of space between the trains and the edge of the board. The first 4" of the board is a road way for cars, and trucks to travel on. My son loves that, then the next 8" is buildings of a town/country my scenery. In the middle is my...