...To my new DCC system. It's an NCE Power Cab and arrived today from Litchfield Station. I was surprised how easy it was to use. The only trouble was installing my first decoders. The Athearn Dash 9 was simple, but the two Athearn P 42s somehow had their jumper boards glued on. I got them off but it was a pain.
I can't believe what I have been missing all of these years.
Will
Congratulations on your new Power Cab, Will! I've had mine for over 3 years now and I still enjoy using it. It's simplicity of design and intuitiveness is what sold me on it.
I tried consisting with it for the first time last night. With a press of only a few buttons, it's quite easy to both create and delete a consist with the Power Cab.
Will, even though a spiral owner's manual comes with the Power Cab, I've chosen to download the current manual from the NCE web site, print it out, and place it in a ringed binder. The wide margins around the edge come in quite handy for writing in any extra notes and scribblings that I want to add.
Again, congratulations on your new toy, Will. And welcome to the wonderful world of DCC. No goin' back for me...
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
The decoders are TCS T4x. I am going to add ditch lights to the P42s. I spent an hour or so playing with the different lighting effects for the headlights. It was really cool to put a Mars Light on a Dash 9 unit. The things we can do in our own model railroading worlds.