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Hobbez - Amen to that! For my new N scale layout, I bought a DCC starter set and even with the little oval of track set up temporarily on the remains of a HCD, I am happy I went that way. The two locos I own so far are much better performers with DCC. One I bought without a decoder and I test ran it in DC mode. Performance (slow speed, acceleration, deceleration) were Ok, but not thrilling. Once "chipped" the loco turned into a gem. It required a little fiddling with the CV´s but that was easy with the system I use. The layout I will be building (hopefully soon) won´t be a big one - something like 7´ by 2´. Wiring will be reduced to 4 sets of feeder wires to be connected to the command station - that´s all. Chipping a loco is a plug n´ play business. Take of the shell, take out the jumper plug, plug in the decoder. Done in less than 5 minutes. A good decoder can be had for less than $ 25 and a command station is not much more than a decent DC power pack. For someone starting all over, considering DCC right from the beginning is certainly not a bad move. For the old hand with a large layout (anything bigger than a 4 by 8 [(-D]) and umpteen locos, changing over to DCC may not always be the right move.
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