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I have recently decided to change over to DCC. Fortunately I am starting a new N Scale layout from scratch, in a room approximately 10 by 15 feet. All my current locomotives are DC but less than three years old. I plan on buying a Lenz DCC system and the decoders for N scale. My problem is converting my locomotives over, I have never had one appart. Any help for a beginner would be appreciated. I have Kato Mikado, Kato SD 40, Model Power 4-6-2, Roundhouse 2-8-0, Atlas Trainmaster X2 and Atlas RS-2. This problem worries me enought that i may reconsider DCC if it all looks to hard. Secondly, I have read that DC locomotives can be reun on a DCC layout but what I do not understand is how you controll the speed and direction? I have some experience with electronics and software but am somewhat rusty. I have also spent most of my life building one kind of model or another. However, this is my first venture into Locomotive rebuilding.
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