Welcome back Doug, and thank you for helping out all those poor Sandy victims. Have a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Yer. Regards, "John Henry"

It isn't too often that I come across some nice video of a completed Bend Track Layout. For the benefit of some of the newer members, Bend Track is an N Track offshoot that essentially runs a double t

Good luck Doug. Regards, John Henry

Well said Matt (and Mike). I agree. Regards, John Henry

Geoff (and Doug), First, I am sorry that I missed whatever meeting seemed to make an irrevocable decision about narrowing the scope of this discussion. Stuff evolves as our collective knowledge increa

I have been doing a little research on standards for DCC and NTrak. I think that the most important part of any discussion, especially one that involves the spending of money, includes compatibility a

Only cold fusion Geoff. Boy do I miss chalk... );-) John Henry

Geoff, Sorry I really didn't mean to infer anything untoward with the politics remark. There was an N-Trakker that I met there who said that there had been an attempt to set up an N-Trak layout, which

Sorry for the typo Geoff. jh

Steve, You have received some great advice here. And it is really a great looking module that I look forward to seeing and I know will be welcome at shows. Still I will add my 2 cents… Q 1. "can I COU

Geoff, Thank you for that posting. I went to NMRA National for a full week plus an extra day pre-convention, twice as long as you, so I probably have twice as much to report on. Let's just call this "

Also the Digitrax UT-4D Utility throttles would make sense for train engineers/operators, since they are not designed for programming and are easier to use. They are also a lot cheaper at $135 MSRP vs

Congratulations to Bob Gatland! The most recent N-Trak Newsletter (May/June 2012) had a great article by Bob on pages 14-20 describing the construction of his latest "Lightweight NTRAK Access Lift Bri

Well said Geoff! Matt, as you can see clearly Geoff is the "moral conscience" of our group. And I fully support that. :-) Many years ago when Mike LaCasse was the moral conscience of our group (he now

Geoff, I was thinking about going to Grand Rapids for some of the convention, since we have family nearby. But I was not planning to bring any modules. But that's tentative for now and I have not regi

Matt, 1. Technically you do not have to be a member to order from NTrak. 2. If you are getting the NTrak Newsletter/Magazine, then you are a member. You have to self-renew when your subscription expir

Matt, I think that the Fred Steitz option for wiring PowerPoles is by far the best and would recommend it highly. Strictly for "academic interest" Geoff's recommendations are also excellent. One other

Geoff, Thanks for clarifying the info on the throttle holders. Obviously since I arrived midday, I missed all "the sparks" related to the DC electrical problems (pun intended), but when my daugheter &

At many of our train shows (Poughkeepsie & Kingston come to mind) I have seen a wooden angled box that holds 4 DC analog throttles and attaches to the side of a module. I am not certain, but that box

Matt, Nice to finally meet you on Sunday. The absolute cheapest solution I have heard about is to use cardboard boxes from conventional wired PC keyboards. Most, especially the conventional older styl