old Atlas Turnouts & Dcc

[Woofda]

I want to use Atlas turnouts, three ways, crossover, doubleslips, that I have from my last layout that was DC in HO scale. I have quite a few code 100 turnouts that I want to use on a new layout that will be code 100 track and operated in Dcc.

The question is will these trunouts present a problem?

Is special wiring required?

My Dcc friends recomend that I scrapp these and start anew with code 83 track and Dcc frendly trunouts. Their reseaning some sound equiped large locos stall on the old equipment.

 all sugestions will be appreciated

 

 

[Texas Zepher]

I don't understand why eveyone insists on making DCC so hard.  It isn't.

I want to use Atlas turnouts, three ways, crossover, doubleslips, that I have from my last layout that was DC in HO scale. I have quite a few code 100 turnouts that I want to use on a new layout that will be code 100 track and operated in Dcc.

The question is will these trunouts present a problem?

NO.  This whole DCC compatible, DCC friendly, DCC compliant, DCC blah de blah stuff about track and turnouts came from a very few issues with a very few pieces that a very few people had way back when.  Now it is all marketing hype from the vendors trying to get you to purchase their product over a competitors.  Over the last 14 years of DCC experience, in my circles of operation, on my own layouts, on the clubs layouts, I have yet to see any Altas product that had any issues with DCC.  In all that time on all those layouts there was one issue that MIGHT have been specifically realated to DCC on a Shinohara 3-way #6 turnout.

Is special wiring required?

No more than would be required with DC.

My Dcc friends recomend that I scrapp these and start anew with code 83 track and Dcc frendly trunouts. Their reseaning some sound equiped large locos stall on the old equipment.

This might be good advice, but it has nothing to do with DCC.  Many locomotives will stall on turnouts regardless of whether they are powered with DCC, DC, AC, DCS, or anything else through the rails.  Many of the newer turnouts (even the new Atlas) have worked on this problem, but the only way to truely and totally eliminate the stalling on dead frogs is to go to internal battery power for the locomotives.

The real reason one would choose code 83 track is for how it looks.  It is much closer to prototyically sized track.  Most of the vendors have made the preformed "spike" detail much better as well.

[loathar]

They should work fine. There are ways to wire your turnouts for more relialable operations. They and some other useful DCC tips are explained on this site.
http://www.wiringfordcc.com/switches.htm