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cacole,Thanks for the observations.  Our club is on the verge of buying a DCC system. A little history - 4 years ago we got tossed from our old location, a NS freight station, and had to cut the exisiting layout into pieces. We relocated, believe it or not, to an old chicken coop. [:O]It was longer and narrower than our old site, but using CAD, I cut and spliced what I could of the old layout to fit. We actually ended up with about 150' more main line, but lost a beautiful trestle bridge that just wouldn't fit anywhere. Anyway...The old layout had a complete two Cab system and control panels, etc. When we moved we salvaged the panels that controlled the yards, but never went back to a dual cab system. Except for the capability of local control of two yards, it's one big block. At our meetings, it's pure roundy-round. Guys bring in their latest buys and run them. We'll put a couple of trains out, but there's no individual control.Fortunately, there are some operational types (we're a small club) that want to do more, so we've saved up enough in dues to buy a DCC system.One thing I'm adament about is that we accomodate both DC and DCC members.  Initially, this will probably mean we run DC on the old club nights and set aside another time for DCC operations. Some of us have a mix of engines, so we'll be set for both nights.I suspect (hope) that as time goes by, DCC will become the standard, but I also respect the fact that some of the guys have a lot of engines that they can't afford to convert, so we absolutely have to make sure they still can run as freely and often as possible. Our primary hurdle now is picking the system.  Some guys want to buy DCC for their home layout so we're taking that into consideration. Common throttles at home and club would be ideal for them, of course.I'll post more as we progress. Mike TennentPS: Everyone does know that my first post up there was tongue in cheek, right?RIGHT?!?!
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