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[quote user="CSX_road_slug"] Hi guys, my layout currently is still DC but I'm rarin' to cross over to the DCC side.  Fact is, I planned to do so when I moved to my current house 7 years ago.  I bought a Digitraxx Chief starter set (Super Chief did'nt exist back then) and it's been mothballed for all these years.  [I hope I can still use it...?] What's been holding me back is the dread of trying to equip all of my 35+ analog locos with decoders.  Then I noticed the following:[quote user="MTennent"]... One thing ... 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.[/quote]If that can really be done, I may be closer to DCC than I think.  But I also remember reading somewhere else that flip-flopping a layout between DCC and DC modes is impractical if not impossible.  Mike I sure hope your'e right, because I'd really like to be able to do the DCC thing gradually instead of all-or-nothing...[/quote]While you are at it. Learn how to convert your engines, then offer your services (for a small fee) to other club members. Not only will you become the "expert", but you can make a little scratch to help finance your own efforts! I found when our club was in the process of converting, I actually did a few installs "gratis" for some of our clubs older, more resistant members. Only asking that they supplied the engine and decoder. Once they got a controller in thier hands, the walls came down!Sometimes its easier to convert the club member's loco than the member him(or her)self!!!! Don't look to convert those 35 engine overnight either. I got my 70 or so done, but a lot of them got major overhauls along the way. Took me a couple of years. Convert the best ones first.
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