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DCC. Bought a Digitrax Chief a few years ago (Worked lots of OT that summer and thought now or maybe never). Really have never used it except to test run locos but got to run on another layout sometime later and the owner actually ran with the Chief. And he had sound in about half a dozen locos. Wow! I had read all the literature from all of the manufacturers and am happy with my decision. My layout is under construction but I feel a lot better knowing how simple the wiring will be compared to all the other layouts I've built in the past. I can't see a real cost difference in the two systems except when you're thinking about adding sound and that will probably continue to come down in price. Thankfully I haven't converted too many of my locos to DCC and now with sound being more viable (cost) it's a matter of how many locos can one afford to do in perhaps a years time. Anyway, I agree with cacole about modelers using DCC and right away wanting to convert one or two of their own locos to use on a DCC system. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with DC-used it for almost 30 years but when something comes along that is such a leap forward why not use it?
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