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Go here: http://www.ttx-dcc.com/ and check out the comparison charts (http://www.ttx-dcc.com/productcompare/dcccomparison.htm)on the DCC systems. I'd recommend staying with either NCE, Lenz or Digitrax. NCE powerhouse Pro is a strong system, comes with 2 free decoders, a computer interface built in, just need to add a power supply and you'll be up and running in 30 minutes with it. Lenz set-100 would be the next choice, great warrenty, again add a Powersupply and you'll be running in no time. need to buy decoders, and recommend getting a lh90 thriottle down the road. And on the digitrax front, the Super Chief is the top choice, includes power supply, and again you'll be up in no time after you buy decoders. Neither Lenz or Digitrax offer embedded computer interface, you'll have to buy a seperate module for that. If your needs are light, you can get the Atlas Commander or the Digitrax Zephyr, both are good entry level systems, but will leave you wanting more later on, so you'll probably be better off buying on of the three mentioned above. The commander has problems with programming BLI Locomotives, the Zephyr is limited to 10 loco's at once, so if you do any operations with more than 10 running, this would not be the choice. Stay away from the Super Empire Builder, it's price seems good, but has no read/write capability and overall isn't that much better than a Zephyr, best to jump to the superchief at that point. If you're confused, visit the atlas DCC forum http://forum.atlasrr.com/ and ask questions there as well, it's probably the most informative forum on DCC. You'll find that most of the people there, reguardless of their system choice will be helpful in directing you to a system that fits your needs. Jay
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