Hello All,
Tprail [#welcome] to the forums!
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To describe that track plan as “ambitious” is an understatement!
If you have that much space (10’x12’) I would begin with a simpler track plan with expansion possibilities.
A bit [#offtopic] from your query of the much debated Direct Current vs. Digital Command Control…
When returning to this great hobby in 2014, I began my track planning- -limited by “She Who Must Be Obeyed” to a 4’x8’ space- -on top of the bed in the spare bed/computer/soon-to-be railroad room.
John Allen, “The Wizzard Of Monterey” on planning:
"A model railroad should probably start with a concept.
Why?
Because much knowledge about railroading, experience in model railroading, and thought are required before a proper concept for a model railroad can be formed.
These requirements are seldom possible on a first pike. Mine was no exception." - -John Allen; Gorre & Daphetid Railroad.
With limited space, I knew my pike would be based on a single industry with both switching and “mainline” traffic.
The next question was, “What industry?”
After a road trip to the Western Slope of Colorado- -where I found an active rail-served coal mining operation- -I decided to base my track plan on this.
My next step was to decide what era.
Some modelers base their entire pike on a single moment in time while others just want to run trains regardless of the constraints of time.
I limited my choice to the diesel age.
The space constraints also guided me to