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[quote user="Ted Marshall"]IMO one should find out what the local clubs, if any, use before deciding on system to buy. Chances are that if you join a club one day you'll need a compatable throttle. I've visited many clubs in Florida and Pennsylvania and places in between; the vast majority of them use Digitrax. If I buy an NCE system for my home layout, its throttle will be useless at the club.[/quote]Oh my Ted, you musta missed us![:O]Over 10 years ago, our club was on the verge of buying Digitrax, but after "road testing" a NCE Powerhouse Pro, we switched brands. Years later came the bigger payoff. The layout had gotten huge, membership doubled, and we only had 6 throttles. Then NCE brought out the Powercab. An entry level system whose throttle could be double as a ProCab when used with a PHP system. Now the members who had bought a Powercab use them as Procabs at the club, ands the club has not had to buy additional cabs! Everybody wins!But I do agree with the prior posters on one item. Get out there and road test as many systems as you can. Ask questions, and rely on facts to base your decisions. IF you get out to the Great Scale Train Show in Timonium on Feb 2nd & 3rd,2008, stop by and see us, but be careful, we're apt to put a throttle in your hand!KarlB                                                                                                                            Four County Society of Model Engineers, see us at <a href="http://www.fcsme.org/">www.fcsme.org</a> or the October issue of RMC !
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