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Hey, I had a train set about 20 years ago. Ex wife has it now, but lets not go there till I know you all better. :-) I want to get back into it, but I'm really confused on a lot of things that probably seem simple to others. Maybe I'll just start randomly asking questions and if you can help me, please chime in Thanks in advance, Jim - As someone starting from scratch, the new DCC stuff seem like the way to go, right wrong ? What are the best places / brands to start? - I don't see engines advertised though that mention DCC 'ready' or the exquiavlent? As I understand it, all my engines will need a little DCC PC board in them, right? I'd sure like to get new engines ready for this. - My old set was DC with blocks and elctrical switches, DCC takes care of the blocks I think, but what about switchs? does a DCC controller work with those too or is it a seperate AC connection? - Atlas True-Track seems like a good place to start as well, comments? Does it still use the little metal connetion tabs between each track piece? There seems to be a bunch of new type of track that 'snaps' together, is this better, is it compatible with this type of Atals track Finally, is there such a thing as a DCC starter kit with track, an engine etc? something to jump start me or should I just build up piecemeal Thanks again, if I get help on these things, I'm sure I'll be back with more dumb questions.
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