Thank you Alan and Richard for your feedback about train controller. I must admit I do like to look of both software packages, so its not a easy decision for me as I want to make the right choice for me. One thing which Iain showed me in his video about his layout using itrain is how easy it was to set up your blocks and run schedule routes and also give commands to other trains to run manually (cheers Iain).
My mind is swaying to itrain, mainly because I found a clip on youtube, which Andy from "calling all stations" gives a great introduction to itrain. The bonus, if I heared him correctly is that after your 2 months evaluation of itrain, you just loose the ability to control no more than 3 trains on a schedule. (Which is great if its true).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGNg5uMI6CY
This would really help with my costs as I could spend more money on turnout controls, signals and uncoupling as I also have to change my DCC controller from my gaugemaster prodigy advance to somthing else (Lenz, Z21 or DR5000). My layout is a small one in my study which is an end terminus using cassette loading of trains and a single TMD working shed / refueling point. (see attachment)
Cheers
Mark