11-01-2010, 04:50 PM
Gary S Wrote:doctorwayne Wrote:With a "kill" switch in the tender, I could leave the loco and train where it stalled, and, because the track is still "live", send out a helper which could couple on to the front or rear of the train. Then, with the switch on the stalled loco reset, the train could proceed. This would also make it easier to add or remove locos to a consist, as it could be done anywhere.
But DocWayne! DCC would let all of the above and more happen on your layout! C'mon DocWayne, Take the plunge into DCC...
Take the Plunge! Buy DCC! C'mon! DCC!
All you gotta do is intall some bus wires and feeders to supplement the single red-white DC pair you got going to the track now. You'd rather install reed switches in all of your locos than to put in a decoder?
C'mon! Take the plunge! Take the plunge! Jump into DCC!
And if Mr. Nutbar is visiting, each of you can run a seperate train. Come on!
DCC!
Or, one could just use one's fingers to rapidly solve the problem, without the cost of converting the whole shebang to DCC.
