Model Railroading

I'm currently in the process of building an O scale model railroad in my basement.  Why am I doing this?

Well...to answer that I will need to tell you a story.  When I was a kid I had a Lionel model railroad.  I loved it.  My Mom and Dad helped me set it up on an 8x10 sheet of plywood covered in paper grass material.  It was cool.  I had always dreamed of someday having a model railroad operate all over the house. 

OK...so I'm not planning on my model railroad running all over the house, but I do have plans on creating a really nice setup in the basement and perhaps eventually having it run also around a shelf in the basement. 

At present I have several diesel locomotives and a dozen or so rolling stock.  I plan to add to this and would one day like to have a steam locomotive.

Yes I do still own my original Lionel train set and it still runs.