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The short answer is that for the great majority of layouts, DCC is a better way to go. If you are early into the hobby, go DCC and save yourself some money buy not purchasing traditional goodies to run DC that you will eventually abandon, particularly if you are a younger person entering the hobby. DCC brings you sound, auto-uncoupling, powered routing (certain turnouts thrown all at once with the issuance of one command - great for staging for example), less reliance on track power, consisting (multiple lash ups), speed modifications with speed steps, working lights and bells, and I'm sure other things I have forgotten. I am reminded of an old boss who went out and purchased a new IBM Selectric typewriter (electric typewriter) because he felt it was just as good as a computer, when I requested a computer. So you have some who are committed to DC for some very good reasons, the best being its up and running so why modify it, another being they have so many engines it would cost a fortune to convert to DCC. A digital engine is DCC, powered is DC. And now I am off to run on a friends layout who has vowed he will never convert to DCC. I am willing to put money on the fact he eventually will, but right now he is nearly finished all his complex DC wiring in his basement empire, so he doesn't want to spend the money on DCC.
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