02-19-2010, 06:30 PM
There are as many opinions about DCC, as there are modelers. DCC can be as simple as disconnecting your DC pack from the layout, and connecting your DCC "pack" to it. If you've got DCC "ready" locos, just pop a decoder into them, program an address into it (should take all of 30 minutes), and off you go...From this "bare bones" approach you can take it as far as you want or can....
For older locos you don't need to isolate the frame, you need to isolate the motor from the frame. The frame will generally have one of the 2 "poles" from the track, which you don't want if you're working with DCC as the motor will be receiving current directly from the decoder.
As for sound....from the many videos I have seen of locos with sound...I think I like the quiet clickety-clack more than the snorting, buffing, chuffing, whine of the locos.....
Hey...It's YOUR train...run it any way you please....
For older locos you don't need to isolate the frame, you need to isolate the motor from the frame. The frame will generally have one of the 2 "poles" from the track, which you don't want if you're working with DCC as the motor will be receiving current directly from the decoder.
As for sound....from the many videos I have seen of locos with sound...I think I like the quiet clickety-clack more than the snorting, buffing, chuffing, whine of the locos.....
Hey...It's YOUR train...run it any way you please....
Gus (LC&P).