Yes, it can get really costly. Former father in law had a big layout in part of basement. In order to expand, we built an addition to house, moved laundry & freezer upstairs so MIL didn't have to climb steps, moved electronics repair room into old utility room, took out a wall & expanded railroad to fill half of basement. He was old school, wouldn't allow factory made track. Bought straight rails, loose ties & spikes. We spent weekend evenings laying track, pushing spikes with needle nose pliers. One night, by counting sections of rail, we estimated over 400 feet of track, not counting switching yards.He made his own track switches. Would order a dozen or more boxcars at a time, then spend a weekend work session changing numbers, can't have more than one car with same number, change couplers too, to match what he already had. Designed an automatic turntable for his roundhouse using motor & drive from a phonograph, & relays & micro switches from old pinball machines. The list goes on. He died 30 some years ago, one of the boys, now retired, inherited the house & still works the railroad.
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