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There are many systems out there for the beginner (smaller layout) to the club layouts (often very large). To keep the answer simple, at the entry level, the two best available in North America, and supported widely are the Atlas system (which is Lenz) and the new Digitrax Zephyr unit. Presently, the Zephyr is hard to get a hold of, many want it, and Digitrax I think was caught by surprise at how popular it is. The Zephyr is the best entry system out there, and can use your old power packs as additional throttles (this is new to the North American DCC world). There are other systems out there but to save time and space, those are the two I would recommend for anyone coming in and starting out. The one great feature of the Atlas system is that it can use (with the purchase of an additional widget) wireless telephones to run your trains. This feature is proving very popular. If there are other systems, why do I say these two are the best? Well, one is Lenz - a very large player in DCC - and Atlas is upgradeable into other Lenz goodies; and the other is the Zephyr, which has is a "full feature" DCC system and is Digitrax - the most popular system in North America.
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