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I think that DCC in its current state is great. If I were starting in this hobby today, or even maybe 8 years ago, it would be a no-brainer, although I still respect those who disagree, and its still unnecessary for really simple pikes. As I work on my new layout following a house move, I've been sure to wire it so that switching to DCC in the future will be fairly easy. However, like many, I have too many locos (about 80) and nearly all are steam. As with the wiring, nearly all of my locos have can motors isolated from the frames, with re-motoring the remainder being pretty high on the list so that the most difficult part of DCC conversion will have already been accomplished. The decision to install decoders, and the task of doing so, is low on the overall prioirty list. Meanwhile, my track plan is well adapted to running DC without a lot of frantic toggle-switching. Also, something that concerns me a lot about converting brass steam is the prevalence with those models, of very brief shorts which I'm told is crippling for DCC while they just chug right through it on DC.
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