Hi all - first post. I just received a lot of AF trains from my father when I was about 4-5 (about 55 years ago. I still remember my father buying them in St. Louis. We had a small layout on either a 4x8 or 5 x 9 plywood. Standard ovals and trestle set. Anyway, I have gotten a series of accessories and operating accessories that I would like to set up on a layout. I do not know the condition of the engines (steam and diesel), however, when my brother and I would set them up on a 5 x 9 sheet over the pool table, they worked. Many of the accessories work - like the talking Union train station, etc.
That said, I am not a scale type person. I like watching the trains move around the loops and I also like operating and the puzzle of switching to make consists and delivering in proper order.
I have been trying to come up with a proper layout using the passenger trains, with coach yard, as well as freight operations. This is my first layout and trying to figure out all the things that have changed since the early days.
What suggestions do you have?
Scott