Rachel
Welcome to the wonderful world of S Scale. It is a lot confusing to the newbie. Stick around until you get comfortable with it all. To help make your decision you should have a clear idea as to what trains you want to run the most. Almost no one in THIS group actively runs A C Gilbert made American Flyer. Most of our trains are made from the mid 1980s to now. That helps greatly because that also eliminates the need to use AC for power. But for just 1 second to confuse, most A C Gilbert made American Flyer will run in DC without any modifications at all. Now on to DC or DCC. If you decide that there is no need to build a layout capable of running American Flyer then the choice for track has been narrowed most likely to code 100 track that is available from Tomalco. And in that case the current most popular system to run trains is DCC. There is no need to try and absorb all of this in 1 day but you need to make some decisions to guide you in a direction you want to go. Trying to accommodate running scale trains and American Flyer on the same track and have both run really well is rather difficult. That is why most do not try. They have made their decision to go 1 way as AF/Hirail or scale. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
