DCC definitions

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outdoorsman58

Folks, can some explain to me what DCC-Master(R) means? I ran into this on the Walthers site and can't seem to get an answer on it. I just now getting back into railroading and want to run my N scale on DCC as well my HO later. Thanks.

 

Outdoorsman

 

 

Well if you want to run N scale, then you shouldn't worry about it, since Walthers does not make any products for N scalers -- at least not intentionally 

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rrinker

 I see the Walthers search is on the ball too. It completely missed the N scale ones like this:

https://www.walthers.com/ge-dash-8-40c-w-dcc-master-r-ferrocarriles-nacionales-de-mexico-fnm-15014-2-tone-blue-orange-white

But whatever I looked up and found didn't seem to say anything about Atlas.

                                    --Randy

Yeah, the Walthers search function (and their product descriptions) seems to be somewhat random.

My search was for "DCC-Master(R)" (no spaces) as it appeared in the original post, and I got nine hits. 

But searching for "DCC - Master(R)", with spaces before and after the dash, gives no results whatsoever.  And as Randy noted, no N-scale results in either search.

But the vagarities of the search notwithstanding, the phrase the OP was asking about is still nothing more than a snippet of the way Walthers has described at least some DCC sound-equipped Master-series Atlas locos.

[mbinsewi]

I've notice the one constant thing about Walthers search, it's a good list of things out of stock, discontinued, sold out, on back order, or special order.

Having their product number doesn't help much.

Mike.

[rrinker]

 I see the Walthers search is on the ball too. It completely missed the N scale ones like this:

https://www.walthers.com/ge-dash-8-40c-w-dcc-master-r-ferrocarriles-nacionales-de-mexico-fnm-15014-2-tone-blue-orange-white

But whatever I looked up and found didn't seem to say anything about Atlas.

                                    --Randy

 

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outdoorsman58

Folks, can some explain to me what DCC-Master(R) means? I ran into this on the Walthers site and can't seem to get an answer on it. I just now getting back into railroading and want to run my N scale on DCC as well my HO later. Thanks.

 

Outdoorsman

 

 

Instead of relying on all the rampant speculation in this thread, I simply went to the Walthers Web site and did a search for "DCC-Master(R)" (without the quotes).  I got a whopping nine hits.

 

Four of them are Atlas HO scale Master(R) Gold Series locos that have LokSound DCC. 

 

The other five of them are Atlas O 2-rail Master(R) Gold Series locos that have QSI DCC.

 

So they are nothing more that Atlas Master series locos that are factory-equipped with DCC sound decoders. The (R) just means that Atlas has registered the "Master" trademark.     

[rrinker]

Well the old Atlas DCC system was the Atlas DCC Master. Where this falls within the Walthers products is anyone's guess. It's like everyone else - Atlas has Gold and Silver and Trainman. 

                                  --Randy

 

[UNCLEBUTCH]

 The '' [R]'' make me think ,a brand or trade nane. I never heard of DCC Master,but that don't mean nothing .

[gmpullman]

outdoorsman58

I just now getting back into railroading and want to run my N scale on DCC as well my HO later.

Hi, Outdoorsman and — 

One site that you might find helpful is the DCC Wiki:

https://dccwiki.com/Main_Page

You can sort through articles here that explain some basics. It is a lot to comprehend at first.

Hopefully this will help you get a grasp of the basics.

Regards, Ed

[BigDaddy]

Most of us wouldn't recognize that term.

 

[rrinker]

 Just a product line name from Walthers. Given the price I would say it comes with a cut down budget decoder. Marketing speak, not technical speak.

                             --Randy

 

[outdoorsman58]

Folks, can some explain to me what DCC-Master(R) means? I ran into this on the Walthers site and can't seem to get an answer on it. I just now getting back into railroading and want to run my N scale on DCC as well my HO later. Thanks.

Outdoorsman