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After seeing how well DCC worked at my LHS, I knew that was the way I was going to go. I have one HO layout that has cab-control, and while it's nice, I would like to make my layouts all DCC, from the locomotives, right down to the signalling devices. It would be nice if I had the bucks (and the space) to computerize the system so that when I send a train down a particular track for a particular destination, I can let the computer handle the switches. I'm not "pressured" into wanting DCC, I see it as a great way for me to control more than one operation at a time. I am somewhat frustrated at times by the lack of DCC-friendly locomotives out there, but I'm glad that there are 'workarounds' for all of them. I've run DCC in N-scale, I have a very beautiful (in MY eyes!) Norfolk Southern SD80MAC from Kato in HO. I lack the decoder for that, but it's a simple drop-in decoder that's not all that expensive even for the full-features of the decoder (Digitrax, by the way.) I plan to buy a Digitrax Empire Builder from my LHS, not because he's cheaper, but because he's generally given me good advice on my purchases and he's been extremely generous with his layaway policy. He has offered my choice of freight car from his "premium" display case, all because I helped with a computer problem at his shop. The help I gave certainly wasn't worth the cost of the car, so I declined his offer because he operates on a shoestring budget, anyway. He's helped me, so I figured it wasn't too much for me to help him. Why Digitrax? I like the design of the controllers, plus, I have the software and cabling for my Palm PDA that enables it to function just like a Digitrax UT2 throttle. I'm not putting down the other manufacturers, I just prefer to go with what I already have.
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