@davidbross posted:1. On the issue of DCC and tmcc/legacy burning out tmcc couplers, am I correct in assuming if the DCC system I choose is RF or Blue Tooth that it will not affect the TMCC/Legacy engines either in performance or in damaging couplers?
2. Does it matter if I power the locos with AC rather than going to batteries as far as hurting my tmcc fleet?
1) It would be more correct to say if there is no DCC signal on the track you will be safe. So if you do battery on train powered DCC you will be fine. If you do track powered DCC then you will have issues with TMCC/Legacy.
2) The DCC track power is AC which is why it is possible to run Legacy on the same track. It is the DCC signal that interferes with the TMCC/Legacy signal that causes issues with TMCC locomotives.
I have no experience with battery DCC, nor have any plans to ever dabble in it as I hate battery power for trains with a passion. That's my personal choice and others are allowed to do as they want with their trains. Bob and Ron above would be the guys you'd want to talk to about more battery information. If you wish to run DCC trains at the same time on the same track as TMCC, then battery powering your DCC trains would seem to be the way to go. I think DCC is a great system worth looking into, and I enjoying running DCC, so I have set my layout up with the ability to switch between DCC or TMCC/Legacy track power.
