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The Future for ALL modellers ? Hi All Ok. Please excuse the verbosity of the following but...... I'm in the UK and therefore my (price) observations may be slightly off-beam for those in the US. Having formally had a model railway at the ages 7-15, I am now getting re-interested in the subject at the ripe-old-age of 37, due entirely to the interest in the subject now expressed by my father ! As a typical (?) ex-BR driver my Dad just can't let the trains go. (In fact he DID drive the last scheduled steam train on British Railways. - Ernest Heyes, Preston->Liverpool 196? ) . He has installed a 8x16 railway in his attic. Only yesterday he bought a conventional twin track DC controller for his layout. Ok ; to the point. Upon browsing a 'well-known' UK site tonight I noticed the Bachmann DCC controller being advertised. I ran a Google Search on it and ended up here. I then read most/all the thread and downloaded - and read -the DCC pdf from Tony's Train Exchange. My observations are as follows : 1. In the UK at least the pricing of the Bachmann DCC controller is only around 25% higher than a 'twin track' DC controller (£52 v's £39) 2. As such, this clearly sends the signal - to me at least - that DCC is going mainstream. And that it will shortly be de-facto for ALL layouts however small they may be. 3. This is a GOOD thing. GOD BLESS THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION. 4. The controller cost approximately the same as one median priced locomotive. 5. It is therefore a very acceptable 'suck-it-and-see' introduction to DCC, and ideal for the vast majority of 'regular' modellers. 5. Ok it isn't the Rolls-Royce of DCC. But how many people buy a Rolls-Royce as their first car? 6. Some contributors to this exchange should accept that they are 'leading edge' and that most people will never reach their level. And that if they do, by the time they do, 'best-in-breed' will have got better and cheaper. 'Early adopters' always pay more for their toys. (anybody pay $400 for a DVD player ?- I did ! [:D]). Those who wait for advances to become mainstream inevitably benefit by doing so. O.K. Thats about it. P.S Pleased I found the site[:p]. Suffice to say its Bookmarked! [:)] Regards Pete
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