and look what happened to the tower?
mel perry
On Aug 22, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Edward Loizeaux wrote:
> You throw away one sound unit and buy a new one? Why not sell us
a DC engine cheaper? The engines cost to much any way.
> you do not need to throw away your DCC sound units
> you convert the MTH or Lionel locomotives to DCC.
Gents…
The message I get from all of this is that if you are a “runner”
who likes to run off-da-shelf trains, there will be lots of
confusion about how to have one common control system for all
brands and types of locos. I do not envy those folks.
On the other hand, if you are a “modeler” who likes to modify,
change, create, rework and improve those off-da-shelf trains, you
do not have a major problem. All the motors are basically DC. So
if all the electronic innards are removed, the bare motor will run
on DC or DCC. Even Gilbert’s old AF, with a universal (DC or AC)
motor, can be made to run on DC or DCC (some rewiring required).
The MTH and LIONEL locos are reported to already work on DCC now or
will be in the near future.
So what’s the problem? Just go buy a DCC system and enjoy what it
offers. DCC can operate any DC motor if you are willing to modify
the locos when necessary. Still, the whole thing reminds me of the
Tower of Babble.
Babbling on…..Ed L.
