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[quote user="twhite"] Okay, I'm throwing my two pennies in here. Just how MANY trains do we need to run at one time, especially those of us--and I think we're probably a majority--that operate one-person layouts?  SNIPI am SORRY, guys, and you can take all the pot-shots you want, but I am ONE person, and I do ONE thing at a time.  I worked for a Multi-Tasker at my other high-school.  She never got anything done, and that what WAS done was so sub-standard that I was always cleaning up her mess.  Okay, rant over.  I just don't see the advantage of DCC in my life.  Nor the electrical headaches I keep hearing about from modelers who have bit the bug and gone for it.    Maybe if I had a Clone, i'd go for it.  I'm not. Tom   [/quote]Why would anyone take a pot-shot at you just because you use DC ?  If it works for you (and apparently it does) without problems or complications; then go for it.  Operating one (sometimes two) loco with one operator is easily done with either DC or DCC (just shut off the blocks with other loco's).   This thread is for multi-train comments.  Since I quite often operate two engines, I joined in.  The only real advantage to DCC in a one man operation (that I can see) is reduced complexity of wiring possible with DCC.  I would suspect that "most" of our home layouts are "generally" one man operations (I know that mine is).For me, DCC allows me to completely forget about blocks and possible problems with loco's that I don't intend to run, but still sit on the layout and ready to go.  I simply select the loco(s) that I want to run and do it.  I only have to throw the proper turnouts and run the engine.  My operating fleet, minus one, is all sound.  I find that DCC simplifies the operation and makes things more enjoyable  That may not be your experience.The subject of accidents has been constantly brought up.  Accidents are caused by operators (speed, wrong or no turnout, etc.) and normally by inattention to the task at hand; not by the type of operating system (DC or DCC).Do what works for you and what you enjoy.  I, for one, will not try to "convert" you to DCC.
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