Thanks again everybody for the help. We are working on bench work now, but I am trying to get all the supplies lined up because it seems like things go dry for a while in getting some things.
I think that I want to try the Woodland Scenics foam because it seems like there are no issues getting that and I don't want to get part way through and not be able to get more.
MikeGTW, we have a approximately 20' x 23' room. I have not bought track or switches yet. I am trying to decide if I want code 100 or code 83. We are doing ON30 dead rail. Thinking code 100 because of the durability, we are using standard HO track, not ON30 track, because of availability and cost. I am not fussy at all about prototypical or accurate scale, the road bed likely will never see ballast. I am very appreciative of the beautiful work and authentic railroads that others have built, but I mostly just want to run trains and I like being around them. I want to get something running in this lifetime! LOL! We are both getting old and we love model trains.
Thank you everybody for the advice, its helped me make up my mind on the foam road bed! My husband says don't even bother with road bed, just put it on wood, that was how all his layouts were in the past and he said he is going to miss the sound of what his trains would make rolling along. We aren't interested in onboard sound either. Can anybody comment on how a layout would be with NO road bed? I hope I don't get off this forum for asking such a thing!
Paula