Alright - I am not good at this, but I'll give it a try.
Names Allen, I live near Richmond VA, and drive a retired police car. I work for the local government in IT. My true passion is computers, but I love Roller coasters and Model Railroading, along with my Local drive in. My grandfather was the shop track foreman for the C&O, my Mother worked on the Chessie Steam Special on its trips through Virginia, and my uncle worked for CSX during the 90's. My first train set was the family Christmas set that went around the tree, a HO Bachman Santa Fe Set, it was always the first Christmas Decoration up in the house.
In middle school I got into N scale railroading - I had a small table top layout with a few diesel engines and cars. Nothing major, basically a loop and a half. I lost interest in model railroading for a time as I had no job, so my expansion plans and options were pretty limited. Fast forward a few years and now I am into O gauge, because, you know bigger is better 
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I don't have a lot, but a lot of questions. I used to have a single O gauge box loop around my room, until my grandfather fell ill and had to take over my room, and I moved into the attic. Now I have a floor layout that goes under the bed and dressers.
What I have:
Lionel O gauge FastTrack
Lionel MaxPower 40W transformer thats not powerful enough for my layout....
6-31734 - Chessie Steam Special special set
A few cars from the Birkshire 6-8003 CSS set.
6-18745 - Hallows Eve 6-4-0 Conventional Steam
6-35219 - Hallows Eve Express Passenger 2 Car Set
6-35256 - Hallows Eve Express Passenger 2 Car Expansion Set
4-4-2 steam locomotive, tender and, caboose from 6-30056 Halloween Train Set
0-8-0 steam locomotive and tender from 6-30087 Area 51 Alien Spaceship Recovery Set
6-19589 Blood Transfusion Bunk Car
6-29636 Vampire Transport Mint Car
6-36151 Graves Blood Bank Tank Car
+/- 2 dozen custom Halloween scene cars.
...Yeah - I'm weird.
What I want:
Knowledge - I know little about wiring, control, landscaping, or much in general
Someone who can paint my CSS Birskshire cars the right color!
A proper layout table (one day!)
Why I am here:
Knowledge - Friendship - Buying stuff
Alright - Peace out and happy railroading!
Original Post
Looking into my crystal ball, as I held it to the light, I think I see....yes.. I see that there is definitely a "spooky" layout in your future
. Welcome. 
Im going to start my own multi question thread here in a bit with lots and lots of questions, so be sure to look!
