I have my 1st O gauge Atlas Diesel an Atlas GP15. It's used but I think does VERY well considering all I have to run it with is an HO MRC Tech 2 power supply. I have a Trainpower 5 MRC,but I can't for the life of me find the variable DC outlet on it.
The movement is a tiny bit jerky at times,but the rails on the used flextrack need cleaning which I touched a few pieces up with my bright boy cleaner,plus I'm using just 'till the ship from China comes in,3rail 6090 terminal joiners. So all in all,I can't complain at all.
To the question at hand.
I talked to Bill at Atlas & he said these diesels are DCC ready. I have no idea where the decoder plug is located,wouldn't know it if it bit me. I am told I can run 1 DC diesel on my MRC,no lashups. What I'm looking at is a nice DCC system that'll power 2 diesels at a time,though I'll probably end up being Dispatcher,engineer,conductor & switchman. (I combined "switchman" & "brakeman," into 1 position of switchman & brakeman,just put "switch"1st,then removed"brake," leaving me with 1 "man." Thought that was pretty neat on such short notice,you fellas like that?
You all knew I didn't have much mind to start with,now it's all gone,well what's still there but lost,isn't worth looking for
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So I would like to have sound capability with my DCC system eventually. Right now,I thought I'd go with conventional DC loco's & add DCC as funds allow. I've looked on the internet to see what's available & MRC makes some really inexpensive systems that'll power 5 trains at once which is 2-3 trains more than I need,but are these offerings capable of powering O scale? I don't require anything fancy in accessories with my DCC,as I turn all switches by hand.(I'll fake the ones that should be electrically thrown,by concealing the hand throw,& still throwing it by hand. In the end,the dispatcher threw it anyway,since I'm 1 in the same person.)
So to summarize,I need a good reliable DCC System in the future, that'll work sound decoders. Will the DCC power the diesels more smoothly than the current Variable DC which seems great to me.(?)
Thank you all for your help.
Al Hummel
