My brother got into N gauge last year, and thus I got introduced to DCC and was really amazed at what they could do. So I took the jump and put an ESU LokSound L in a Lionel 0-6-0 Dockside that was too small for any other upgrade (Even the LokSound L was too big and required some modding to make fit. I've been told a LokSound V4.0 is enough to run that locomotive which would fit no problem.). I mainly went with LokSound as they have so many sound files, which you can customize with your own sounds if wanted, and the L decoder handles 3 amps. ESU even markets them as an O gauge decoder. I like that they can run DCC, DC, and AC. Anyway, once installed I love it. So my layout will be switchable between DCC and TMCC/Legacy. Any locomotive I buy without command will get a LokSound decoder in them for DCC. I have at least 1/2 a dozen Protosound 1 locomotives just to start already. And this will allow me to buy any new locomotive and be able to run it. All Lionel in Legacy, and all MTH in DCC as PS-3 is DCC compatible. And I run it all on 3 rail track.
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