05-04-2010, 05:18 PM
Absolutely....I had some older locos from my DC days, and were real "dogs" as far as running went, even with the new-fangled packs (MRC's). Just the addition of a decoder turned them into as good a runner as any I have purchased since then and run on DCC only....The slow speed performance improves 100%, and acceleration & deceleration are really nice, and you don't have to tweek the control to do it, as you would in DC. Also for switching (which I do a LOT), just set the throttle to a good switching speed (slow), and all you'll have to do is use the reverse (center off) switch for all your movements.
Gus (LC&P).