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Art, <br /> <br />Charles has covered the issues pretty well. 25 years ago most brass used open frame motors (not all - can motors started coming in, in the very late 70's) and I think you will find that in practice you would need to re-motor your OFMs; replacing them with cans will usually be easier than figuring out how to isolate the motor from the engine frame. <br /> <br />Another issue I'll mention is that DCC is extremely sensitive to short circuits because of the high currents involved. So a momentary short which can be common with brass locos, might not faze a DC throttle but will ALWAYS shut down a DCC system. <br /> <br />Finally, if you're into steam (like most brass owners in my own experience) you'll usually be putting the decoder in the tender with a lot of wiring between the tender and loco, and often needing to drill holes in your beautiful brass models.
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