Everybody has their preferences, roads, region....you name it. For me, I've found my spot....O-27 ......
All the scale stuff has been sold or given away.
My layout is 14' x 17' U with a center island. Conventional with sound. Tubular track and switches
Jam packed with operating accessories rescued and refurbished from garage sales and shows.
The kids are all grown, just wife and I.
I'm finally building the control panel.
Haven't bought anything new in 15 years while paying college tuition.
As I sit and look at the project box, that smile from younger years returns.
I turn on the radio, the game or afternoon from the Met or Prairie Home Companion re-broadcast is on.
I look at the shelves, a car captures an admiring glance..I take out the catalog where it first appeared..."yep, that's it."
Plug in the transformer, turn on the power, push on the handle, again, once more and we on the mainline.
Hear the horn, hear the bell, hear the motor...smell the smoke.
Unload the logs, unload the milk cans, load the barrels, load the cattle....pick up passengers...drop them off.
Next stop Willoughby!
Fix that section of track where the derail always happens.
Clean my glasses...I can't see like I used to.
"What's that? It's time for dinner you say? I'll be there in a minute, I'm playin' with trains!"
; then...
Whoa! 
That's a great spot to get some Shady Rest in. 
"More pictures?"
"more pictures" 
