general N scale info wanted

[Tyson Rayles]

From here it looks like N scale wins!!!!

Except in the real world. With a spare room, you'll build an O scale switching layout with one engine and two dozen cars. In N scale you'll have two dozen engines and hundreds of cars. Which is cheaper now?

I have a spare room with a N scale layout that when finished will be 26 feet long. It will have 5 lcocs and about 2 dozen cars. N scale still wins!
Having more room because the scale is smaller doesn't mean you have to go out and buy a bunch of extra locos and cars. I would rather have more scenery and a sense of the train coming from someplace and going to someplace. And scenery is the cheapest part of the hobby. If it was O scale you could always add some helixes and more levels so you could have more locos and cars if that was what you wanted. I have freind who has a 9 X 5 Lionel layout with one lower loop and a small yard and a raised loop. He has over 30 locos, 20 passenger cars and over 100 freight cars . He can't keep all those on his layout at one time but that doesn't keep him from continuing to buy more. Size of the room really has nothing to do with anything.