Hello my name is Ken. First off, an explanation about the name. I used to really enjoy prospecting for gold. Hence the name "Goldnut" I have a bad back so I pretty much gave up digging in the creek. I have also spent a lot of hours hunting and trapping. My time spent on those has suffered too. I been looking for a new hobby. Sooo. My brother bought me a train set about 10 years ago and I had never set it up. Well he passed away 2 years ago at age 61. I figured I better set that train up under the tree this year since I think he would be pretty disappointed if I never used it. Strangely enough, on another forum Im a member of, a fella posted a cool video of his train and a youtube link to a beautiful layout. Got my interest up pretty quick. (maybe my brother knew I needed this) I know pretty much zero about trains. Im here to learn all I can. I am limited on space so I am going to do the layout around the room perimeter by the ceiling. I plan on doing 2 rails with trains going opposite directions. Fortunatly we have a store within a few minutes of where I live. Im going with O scale. I did buy the track for the curves so I can figure the corner shelves. Going to go buy lumber tomorrow for the shelves. Anyways thats the basics. Looking forward to meeting many new friends here. Ken