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Randy, Thanks for the reply. I am not sure if I will exceed the 10 addresses or not. I have a fairly large room for the layout (19x36). I estimate having 250' of mainline with several towns and large industries. I know the Zephyr will suite my needs for the first couple years. As I said, there will ususally only be me and my two sons operating. I don't expect anymore than three anyother time either. After reading the Zephyr manual I don't believe I will be using the docoder-assisted consisting afterall. I think Universal consisting makes the most sense. When the layout matures, I expect I will get the Super Empire Builder for the additional booster power as well as the DT400. The more I read the Zephyr manual, the more I like having the additional programing track output along with having the ability to read decoder CV inputs. So I believe I will get the Zephyr along with two UT4's for the boys. In one sense, the Zephyr with UT4's will add some realism to operations by dispatching consists to the DT4's. After all, the road engineers don't makeup and breakdown consists at the yards (most times). I usually ran dummies with one head end powered loco as consists on DC block layouts I have had in the past. Just the idea of having two or three powered units in a consist and being able to control them is one of the great things about DCC I really like. So I think you have helped me confirm my gut feeling is correct in getting the zephyer. Thanks for you input. Mike
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