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How many sticking with cab control?
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IMy husband and I are having it both ways. As we build our layout, we are laying out individual blocks in the traditional DC manner. Each block has a switch that will route the feeder to either a home built DC transistor throttle with momentum, or to the rail connections of the Lenz DCC system. This way we can run everything that we have before decoders are installed, and our friends locos that will never have DCC. Our layout is On3, and we plan on no more than about 6 locos, so DCC decoder cost will not be a huge problem like some HOers I know with MANY more engines. DC is just fine, don't be intimaded by the command control enthusiasts. There is plenty of room for both the new and for the traditional. We also collect Postwar era Lionel 3 rail.....and will NEVER consider the new Lionel command system no matter how nice it is and how well it performs...and sounds. When we build a Lionel set up it will AC from our big ZW transformer routed to the tracks only with toggle switch block control, just like when I was a kid in the 50s! <br /> <br />Good luck with your traditional DC approach <br />Jennifer
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