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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:54 AM

jeffrey-wimberly

 It sure beats flipping toggle switches all the time.

Who flips toggles? I still use DC but don't flip any toggles.

DCC is great, it's just not a one size fits all solution to the job.

Sheldon

    

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:50 AM

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!  Don't tell us how great DCC is......  It is bound to start another war!

Yeah, I went with DCC after getting back in the hobby a few years ago and just love running the trains instead of flipping switches every 15 feet or so..... The Autoreverers are a fantastic little electronic dohickeys, I always would have the setting wrong for whichever end of the loop I was entering with a train and would have a short.  At the other end I was forever forgetting to change the direction of the mainline (Had to walk way over to where the main toggle foe the mainline cab A or B was) and would get a short on the other end as well.  Now I just run the train and it takes care of itself....

Oh, and all you DC guys out there that love DC, Bless you one and all.  It's your layout, and if you like it the way it is.......  Nothing at all wrong with that!

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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

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Posted by cudaken on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:49 AM

doctorwayne

Hey, guys, I agree 100%, but I can't believe that both of you could spell DC wrong!  Whistling Smile,Wink, & Grin LaughLaugh

Wayne

 LOL, Wayne that was a good one!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:39 AM

 It sure beats flipping toggle switches all the time.

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:35 AM

No argument here.  I love DCC.

But I'm sure you will hear from some DC guys.

Different strokes for different folks.  That's why they still make both systems.

Dave

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:35 AM

mikesmowers

 I hooked up my PSX-AR auto reverser yesterday and it is simply fantastic. I just can't get over how well it works, I do not understand how but it does. I simply wanted to brag a little on how well DCC works.      Mike 

 

ARTHILL

Good for you Mike. That is my experience, DCC is the funnest toy in the train room. I assume that the smart people who understand all this will make it better, but DCC is what I always wished for in the early years. 

Hey, guys, I agree 100%, but I can't believe that both of you could spell DC wrong!  Whistling Smile,Wink, & Grin LaughLaugh

Wayne

 

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Posted by ARTHILL on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:18 AM

Good for you Mike. That is my experience, DCC is the funnest toy in the train room. I assume that the smart people who understand all this will make it better, but DCC is what I always wished for in the early years.

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DCC is the greatest!!
Posted by mikesmowers on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:04 AM

 I hooked up my PSX-AR auto reverser yesterday and it is simply fantastic. I just can't get over how well it works, I do not understand how but it does. I simply wanted to brag a little on how well DCC works.      Mike

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