I can pretty much agree with all that Dick is talking about. There are
a few things that will come up that can be fustrating. Most of these
are because there are several brands just like cars. How many times
have you taken a rental car out at night and can't find certain
controls. I once couldn't shift a little Ford until I figured out you
had to have your foot on the break!--wow news to me--heck if I wanted to
stop the car I'd use the break--I wanted to go ahead!
With a couple of stubborn exceptions, I can replace a decoder in a few
minutes (NASCAR style), switch power districts and trouble shoot
trackage faster than switching blocks. What is a little scary is the
installs of sound decoders, marker lights and all those little extras
that make wiring and the storing of that wiring under the hood a real
problem. Of course with the introduction of the SHS consolidation with
a DCC thought process it is a non issue for the most part.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
>
> All --
>
> There is nothing more pleasing to me than watching my operating crews
> using DCC
> on my NYW&B. It's simply great (no other way to put it!) to see one train
> entering Troy terminal while another is leaving it, while a switcher is
> simultaneously making up a third train. The guys don't fiddle with any
> toggles
> or block panels, only wireless throttles and turnout controls adjacent
> to the
> turnouts themselves.
> . But I am so
> relieved to be running trains instead of track. It had got to the
> point of me
> forgetting how to operate my layout if -- heavens! -- I didn't run it
> at least
> every other day. Now I can go on a two-week vacation, come home, power
> up, and
> -- voila! -- No problems.
>
> You want to read about (and thus avoid) my trials and tribulations during
> conversion? Get ahold of "Thinking of DCC" in "Model Railroad News,"
> April and
> May 2009. Want to see how NYW&B operations are going with DCC? Read
> "So You
> Want to Run a Railroad..." on page 40 in the August 2010 "NMRA Magazine."
>
> Dick Karnes
>
>
>
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