Modern times / modern equipment

[torikoos]

I run a modern layout (well, I've got nothing to show yet, as it's under construction, and we all know what foamboard with unballasted tracks etc look like). I have looked at the same issues Gerhard demonstrates here. I in the end went for a 50'box car with one 4 axle single motive power to access the shortest track, I have no space for big autoracks or huge multiple lashups of 6 axle road diesels, so these considerations determine the style of your layout in our available spaces (certainly for us here in the UK, the average house is quite a bit smaller than the average house in the US, and thus available space is at a premium). The other option is to down in scale to N, but it's a balance between running long trains and a bit less superdetailing, or short switching layouts with oportunity to go wild with detailing...