How often do you build a new layout?

[FiatFan]

I used to be a serial rebuilder. I would lay track based upon a track plan I liked that appeared in Model Railroader. I would get bored with it and tear it up and start over again, never satisfied with the results. Then due to the pressures of day to day living I dropped out of the hobby for a while. When I returned, I built a table and then started thinking about what I wanted. I knew I wanted a yard so that went there. Then I had to get the cars in and out of the yard so that came next.

Then I had to have a way for trains to get in and out of town so a mainline and siding were installed. I had some buildings left over from previous layouts so I started putting them around the table. OK, now I need to get freight cars to them so I put down some more track.

Once I had that in place I needed a place for the cars to go so I built another table and laid tracks to the second town using much the same planning techniques as in the first town. All the tracks are down and I'm slowly putting in scenery.

All this is a long winded way of saying that I'm quite happy with the layout I have and don't plan on building another one for a long time.

Tom