Dan, I have the MTH cat system but have not installed it yet. I have some concerns about it. The cat pole seem to be substantially made. However, the plastic base is a concern, especially the two small ears/tabs that are for attaching the pole to the layout. It seems that they will break easy if flexed to much. My other concern is with the messenger/carrier set up, seems to flimsy. It is easily bendable and therefore, IMO, will flex under to much pressure, i.e. the upward force of the pressure from the engine pickup. This is no slight against MTH (shipping schedules on the other hand . . . but I digress). I should install it and see what happens. I did look at the article on tcaetrain and I think the writer used a novel approach for hanging the wire from the pole arm. If anyone has comments regarding MTH's one piece carrier/messenger wire, I'd like to hear them.
Steve
