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My DCC costs so far: Digitrax Zephyr - $165 (no decoder, everything else included) Decoder - $15-$30 each for N-scale depending on how many functions. You do have to install them yourself by opening up your locos. Some are DCC-ready in which case you just replace a board and some are not in which case you need to do surgery. Or, you can get DCC equipped locos. They run about $20 more than the non-decoder equipped. I think this is the way to go if you don't have any loco. Save the labor and you know everything is wired up correctly, including lighting control. With the Zephyr you can get additional throttles for $65 or it has a special feature where you can plug in up to two DC power packs and use them as throttles. I use a buzz pack that came with a starter set - $0 - to be used by my 3 year old. [:)] The only limitation of these two throttles are that you can only control direction and speed with them and no other function (e.g., head light). However, my 3 year doesn't need more. When he does I can always expand with the $65 throttle.
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