At 77 years of age my wife and I are working on our first model railway layout. It does not attempt to follow any real railway system but is being made up as we go. While it is possible to purchase kit set buildings etc. we decided there would be more fun in manufacturing our own, so apart from a couple exceptions everything you see we have made. We are running Marklin HO rolling stock for no other reason than one of my relatives had some parts stored in his attic.