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I have a DCC layout, and I would never go back.Not long ago, I had a 25 car coal train stall on the grade, at the back of the layout. I was just ready to get on my knees and crawl under the layout, to give it a shove. Then I remembered DCC. I just sent another loco around to the other side of the layout, came up behind the stalled coal train, and gave it a shove up the hill. Try that with DC.My layout is 24 feet long, with a double track, twice around, mainline. It's great to be able to run several trains, at the same time, at different speeds, blowing the horn on each loco separately. I have four crossovers between the mains, at various places on the layout. I can start two trains going, then run a third train, using two 24 car passing sidings. Try that with DC. And no switch flipping go'in on. I'm not into switch flipping.My passenger trains turn on the bell as they approach the station platform. Freight trains activate the bell when passing through the passenger platforms, just like the real trains. Can't do that with DC.If you can't run two or three trains at the same time, you probably can't walk and chew gum at the same time either.[:D]
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