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Hey, Student of Big Sky Blue, Astrac came out in the 1960s, it was made by General Electric who quickly discovered that the model railroad market is not as large or lucrative as...say the television set market...and they bailed out. Someone else took over and the thing evolved into the various CTC systems (CTC-16, CTC-80, and later RailCommand) Dynatrol came in with a fsystem in the 1970s as did several other manufacturers. None of that was DCC. It was all analog technology and several people were/are very happy with it. The "Kansas Speedway" layout featured on the cover of of MR an issue or so back is operated with CTC-80 to this day! DCC is DIGITAL command control and conforms to the various NMRA recommended pratices on the subject and so is compatable with other manufacturers DCC products. The old analog products were, for the most part, not compatable with each other. So, DCC didn't start with Astrac, but command control (called "carrier control" back then) did. <br /> <br />I am very pleased with my command control system and hope you enjoy yours too. <br /> <br />Cheers
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