Tempted to Convert to DCC/Sound?

[tomustang]

I also just asked at a LHS how much it would cost to convert a fairly-new loco to DCC and they said it would be close to $200 per loco, which I certainly can’t afford!

did you mean upgrade an engine, or to buy a DCC set?

You wouldn't believe how much people at hobby shops want to charge for dcc installs. It's $75 at mine, and $150 if you want to add sound. Mind you this is withOUT the decoder, just the install.




Best advice I can say is do it yourself, and take some time to read up on the installs on models.