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I would think anyone that can afford 10 BLI locos wouldn't have a problem spending $500 on a DCC system. I have 10 locos(6 P2K, 4 Athearn), and combined, they cost me about $300. All my freight cars are either Athearn or MDC kits, on sale at around $4 each. My entire yard of engines and rolling stock costs less than a Trix Big Boy, so affordability is key with me. I do not have sound or fancy toots and whistles. I just want to be able to MOVE my 10 locos for now. This seems like a good way to get wired and operating. Later, when the budget can afford more, I could sell (or give away) the Bachmann system in favor of something with more features. I can't see how having a moderate sized layout with a simple DCC system is going to frustrate a would-be modeler. It may frustrate an experienced operator that has a full-basement sized layout with DCC turnouts and 25 locos with sound, but what is wrong with this setup for a beginner? As far as a small layout goes, are you talking about square footage, or features? Does it take more features to run 5 locos on a 12' X 30' single main line layout with 12 turnouts than it does a 4 X 8 layout with 12 turnouts?
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