Originally Posted by jonnyspeed:
I hope you're right Bob. It would be great to see an across the board increase in popularity for S. Having two camps that have different standards, track, power, etc... has been a big limiting factor for S INMHO though. So on one hand I am glad to see products being made to satisfy both groups, but I can't help notice the correlation of success for those scales that adopted NMRA standards years ago. Or is that just more simple linear logic? :-p j/k
Well, yes.
A goodly part of the hi-rail community (e.g., those big 'awful' Gilbert or Gilbert-compatible couplers in S) and virtually none in the toy train community worry very much about the NMRA. Think TCA, not NMRA. Different cultures. 
Hope this clarifies.
Bob
