I just downloaded and installed Decoder Pro. My computer is not locaed in the train room but two stories up in my office. I want to connect a programing track next to the computer to the computer so I can create a roster of my locomotives and check and set the CVs on my decoder equiped locomotives. They all Digitrax decoders and I will be running them on both my own Zephyr and the clubs large radio controlled Digitrax (DCS-200) system.

Wow been a whirlwind few weeks. I was downsized at work and paid off through the end of the year. Looks like I'm moving from Fresno, CA to South Bend, IN - Sometime in mid-November. My wife is staying behind for work and family reasons. I am taking down my layout - Moving it with me, along with workbench and totes full of my gear. Renting a studio apartment and will get some serious modeling doen during the long cold winter. I saw South Bend has a couple of hobby shops and two clubs. I will be reporting on the move towards mid-November.

Anyone know of operating sessions for the younger crowd (8 years and up)?

I have a 8 year old that likes train but since my track on the layout isn't complete, isn't much fun yet. 

John Graser

I quoted one of Bob Hayden's classics when I appeared on the ModelRailCast show -- (" . . . the internet is like a bar where half the people are drunk and the other half are deaf.") 

Another classic Hayden was a response to the question "How much does [fill in hobby here] cost?" 

The answer, is, of course, "As much as you've got." (Think about it for a minute) 

Okay . . . it's Friday, time for a serious lesson in hobby finance and model railroad history .  . .