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I am sorry SRS i forgot about you; a DC system is what nearly everyone has and it is these days also called an analogue system. You supply DC (Direct Current) across the rails and this will conrol thew direction and speed of any locomotive across those rails. DCC is to to with digital control and the idea is that you have full voltage across every part of you layout all the time and you control what your locomative or other accessories do via "little parcels" of information that are sent out digitally across these same rails. I have forgotten exactly what DCC stands for as i do many things these days; i am sure some one will pipe up very shortly with the inforamtion. DCC is by for the most effective and versatile system but it is also the most expensive to get into initially; if you wish to get into it the earlier the better; as in the long run it willbe less expensive and less labout intensive, as your layout gets bigger and more complex. Most people do not get into digital for a few reasons 1) more expensive to set up 2) harder to understand; for instance the LGB MTS instructions are initially virtually ununderstandable in my opinion. 3) Many people especially older ones like me are Xenophobic (fear of new information and ideas). I have 6 locos, several have more than one driving section and 8 points (switches) 4 signals and they are all remotely actuated by MTS DCC control. I can run all of my locos at once (i don't because i smash them up all the time through not concentrating properly) and these locos can be all made to do different things at the same time on the same track. I have no block wiring and all parts of my layout are live all the time. Not only this but MTS remembers your layout and adjusts the throttle of the loco to allow for gradients (both up and down) and dirty track etc. Rgds ian
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