hey everyone i hope some of my ideas help seeing i'm out of work and have been trying to build my layout i did allot of thinking about how to acquire stuff to build a layout. i will be writing to model railroad mag. and others with my ides and when the letter is done i will post it here. feel free to look in my album at my layout progress. i've explained some things i have done for 0$ only cost so far is 12.00$ for screws and saw blades . thanks chris smile: