This is what I¡¯m saying.? Most DC locomotives will run on the latest DCC systems with NO modifications. ?All the DC engines are running as address 3 so your block control is still required but you don¡¯t need to futz around with any esoteric circuitry because you are only running in one mode: DCC. ?As such there would be NO REASON to run DC anymore.? Some people don¡¯t like the way the DCC pulses drive their DC motors but it is still doable.
I also agree with Bruce, trying to run DC and DCC together is just asking for trouble. ? I think that model railroaders are sometimes a very cost conscience group and I count my self in that description. ?I have some great looking older locomotives from the DC era that I would like to run on my layout, but now I just have them in my display case. ?I¡¯ll likely never convert them to DCC especially now that I have some 20 other DCC locomotives on my layout. ?So I find it a faulty logic to avoid the time and $20 to convert a loco to DCC when the unfortunate consequence of an accident could be the cause of damaging a DCC control system worth hundreds of dollars. ??
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Thomas Cain Indianapolis, IN atsf93@... Modeling the Eastern?Illinois Santa Fe from the?Prototype See my website and layout?at: ?
On Jul 29, 2018, at 10:19 PM, Bruce Petrarca via Groups.Io <bfpetrarca@...> wrote:
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The VERY BEST way to prevent the disasters awaiting this scenario is to prevent its existence. Don¡¯t ?allow DC and DCC to exist on the same layout at the same time.?
Anything else is a recipe for disaster.
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Bruce Petrarca, Mr. DCC; MMR #574 Learn more about DCC at?
