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Hey, I'm working on my first serious layout and DCC is now a choice I am facing. I am using control blocks right now, and I think if I would have went DCC from the start, my layout would have been designed alot better. As far as being new to designing, control blocks made me think of my layout as certain things happening in certain parts, which restricted my designing to encompass single train operation. I have three ovals on the main table and a out and back on an L. I limited access to the yard, which is on the inner oval, due to my mindset of single train in the yard, run the others on the ovals. Even though I wish I had designed with DCC in mind, it will work out for me in the end, as I have young children who can run the trains in their endless circles, but I limited myself when I thought in blocks instead of the overall layout. I can't help you with the cost questions, but if you are planning on going DCC at any later time, make sure the engines you buy have DCC jacks. I didn't think ahead, and now I'll have to buy harnesses to solder in, but at least I don't have a bunch of useless engines. Good luck!
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