Reply to "Dcc for three rail"

sinclairOGR Forum Member

I don't do battery power, and I hate using my phone for train control, but I do do 3R DCC. I like the 10 amp NCE command system. I got the wireless version so it is really not that different then running TMCC. As for conventional locomotives on DCC track, yes, the motor will just wine while the loco just sits there. As for TMCC/Legacy locomotives on DCC track, I have run Legacy and DCC on the same track, it doesn't hurt the locomotive itself, but I would not recommend it as electrocouplers can burn up. TMCC locomotives on DCC will behave wildly, so avoid it at all costs. LionChief locomotives (Not LC+ or LC+2.0 as I have neither of these types.) work just fine on DCC. The decoders I use are the factory installed MTH PS3 ones or ESU LokSound L in locomotives I convert to DCC. Soldering will be required for any DCC conversions you do unless you can get a LokSound XL with screw terminals to fit, but that's a big decoder geared at G gauge.

11/3/2011:44 AM

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