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You are combining the ideas behind both DC and DCC (as I understand it). The answer to your last question is that you cannot avoid running into each other with DCC. It is actually possible to crash because with DCC you are controlling the train, not the track. The track is always on at "full" power. The DCC controller sends a message through the rails to the decoder, and the decoder tells the engine what speed and direction. For more on the concepts and terminology in DCC, I would direct you to a site set up by the guy that helped set up our club's Digitrx DCC: http://www.railwaybob.com/Modules/MRIndex.htm . There are plenty of other resources you can find here (trains.com) and elsewhere on the internet. Andrew
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