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The starter kits for DCC are independent of the starter kits for locos, etc... I am partial to DCC because you can run trains on the same "block" in opposite directions, etc. It is just a personal preference. You have a very small layout space, but if you intend to run two trains in opposite directions, you literally could just run wire to all of the track (no reverse loops,) and add DCC power. OR you could build in all of your blocks and block switches and two power packs to run DC. The cost and time will be the deciding factor. If you have the time, the cost will be slightly higher for DCC. Also, I do not recommend starter kits. They typically have trash for cars, and trash for couplers. We aren't even talking about the trash for locomotives. (I mean trash because that's where all of my low end stuff has wound up after hours of trying to make them operate professionally.) Again, this is just my opinion, but I really like buing my rolling stock and locos EXACTLY how I want them, not something I have to modify heavily. I suggest you spend more time with the forum members, and do more research on the web. If you go to your local hobby shop (LHS,) and ask them to let you see an Atlas N Scale and a Bachmann N Scale, you will start to "feel" the difference. If they have a test track, ask them to run the two and let you hear them run. Watch the way they behave at slow speed. Look at the couplers, look at the details, listen to the sound they make as they move along. Look at some of the DCC topics and follow the good links that are provided. Look at the manufacturers, and systems like the Digitrax Zephyr (great starter kit for DCC.) In summary, if you could find a local N Scale club to join you would be better off than you think. They can bring you up to speed with some hands on explanations of these issues faster and cheaper than if you go it alone.
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