Another not often promoted advantage of DCC over straight DC is having a constant voltage that is generally high enough to ensure good continuity. I used to operate HOn3 and the rails and other contact surfaces had to be almost sterile for good operation at the low voltages required for slow speed.
Charles Weston --- On Mon, 9/20/10, Richard Karnes <[email protected]> wrote: From: Richard Karnes <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} DCC vs. DCC To: "S-Scale" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 12:44 PM 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. Yes, it cost me a lot of $$ to convert to DCC. My layout is 12 x 43 feet, has 75 turnouts and seven crossings, half a dozen auto-reversers, some 25 decoder-equipped locos, two wireless antennae, and five throttles. 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." I have no issues with those of you who want to stick with straight DC. It's probably just right for small layouts and switching districts. As for string -- Well, I have to admit that you can avoid ALL electrical problems if you use string. You and your guests can operate trains simultaneously without toggles (just like DCC). Dick Karnes [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
