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See, I was thinking something actually along those lines for DC would work, but I want to run DCC, and dont' really want to combine the two on the same layout due to all the headaches that might cause. However I do like the 'kill power to that section of track' idea. Only if there was some kind of 'on/off' that could be stepped down gradually, to simulate momentum, and then back up to full track power... Of course, I don't know how a DCC decoder would react to a gradual drop in voltage on the system. I don't think it would work like DC would. There would have to be some sort of hardwired interface that could read the signal aspect and then directly control the loco(s) on the mainline train accordingly. I can see where that would involve a computer. But if there was no harm in gradually stepping down track voltage to a particular block until the loco just didn't have enough voltage to operate DCC, in other words, set the loco's speed at a constant, scale 40mph, and then essentially manipulate the voltage like you would in DC, in the blocks you wi***o stop and start the train. I'll have to research how a DCC decoder operates on different voltages before I fry any decoders though. lol Keep the ideas coming, I'm starting to get a clearer picture of exactly what I want to do. <br />
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