Just Getting Back in the Hobby

[santafewillie]

Start by making a list of "Givens and Druthers". It is a John Armstrong concept that is useful in initial planning. Basically "givens" are things that either can't be changed or won't be changed, like room size or modeling scale (HO, N etc). Generally era ( 50's, 80's etc) and railroad (UP, ATSF, or freelance) are also considered givens. "Druthers" are a wishlist of items you would like to include like a particular industry, a location, or operating system (DC or DCC). There can be many others in both categories. Google "Givens and Druthers" and read some of the resulting pages. One of them is right here on this forum"

http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic...f=46&t=468

Give us some additional information when you are done for more feedback from forum members.
Willie