DCC or DC
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DCC
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DC
and for all those who run DC (please be honest)
if you was going to start a new layout would you start with DCC in mind ?
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i could not go back to dc.
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Phill
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That's assuming that I was starting from scratch, with no DC equipment and had the spare funds to buy a decent system.
No point for me in going DCC unless I could buy a better control system than my DC gear.
I'd also want to be able to affotd top quality sound chips and multi-function decoders.
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Mike
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Brian(G)
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I have always had DC layouts in the past - apart from a short foray into Zero 1 many years ago - but in my humble opnion, DCC knocks the spots off DC for sheer ease of operation.
Perry
Due to cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off.
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Now I must display even more ignorance, Perry :roll: What is/was Zero 1?Perry said
apart from a short foray into Zero 1
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Phill
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If I remember rightly, 'Airfix' issued a similar system, but I don't think there was any compatibility between the two.
Perry
Due to cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off.
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Thanks for that explanation Perry, tto young then i was only 2 :) back then?.
Phill
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Perry
Due to cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off.
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I accept I was also fortunate in that I started from scratch with nothing to convert which could have been a headache if I had.
Can understand cost problems but it may get cheaper as more people demand it. :wink:
To split the "hackneyed" infinitive it's probably where we will all be boldy going. :roll: :roll:
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Kernow Junction
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………. which also demanded two locos on the same track under independent control up a 1 in 40 incline.
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Ah yes, just let the DC guys try to use a banking engine that can simply drop off the rear of the train whilst leaving the main loco still rolling. A bit tricky with all those section switches to mess about with, I would have thought. :roll:
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Due to cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off.
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Les
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I originally went for the DCC option because of the sound/lighting available to me with On30 scale locomotives.
Although I've lost the sound etc in British 00 for the moment the operational side of DCC still has huge benefits for me.
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I thought the pole would be the other way round. It is at dcc 9 dc 3, and the majority on dc would convert to dcc.
One for Phil
As you are starting out would it not be more cost effective to convert at this early stage of your layout? The cost of a select compared to a dc controller is much the same. You will no doubt add to your collection in the future, unless you purchase all dcc ready this would be a nightmare. With crimbo on the way could you not ask santa (or the boss) for a select and a 08 shunter. You could still run your dc locos on address 00. also you have an oval so wiring this would not be a problem.
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