Hi guys and "new byline" - I didn't realise I had one of them? I've been away too long me thinks.
Gene - yep, still with the "dark side" and staying over there as well

HO is fun, a good size to work with and with, I think greater variety BUT the "dark side offers a lot more options for the space I have available. At the end of the day, for me, it is about running trains, as long as I can practically have them, so running a loco with 15 cars behind it beats running a loco with only 6

Basically, I can do a lot more with 160' of N scale track than 160' of HO scale and probably wouldn't even get 160' of HO scale in.