When in HO I ran Digitrax, but wish I had of used NCE, much more user friendly. However, both systems interfaces are old and haven't been updated in 20 years roughly. I would also highly consider ESU's Cab control system. Has touchscreen interface and a thumb wheel for tactile feedback, best of both worlds and the interface is so much more intuitive and clean.
However, battery power and RC is the direction I am going. I am just about sold on Ring Engineering's Railpro system. It can run track or battery power and while it is separate from DCC can also take DCC signals now if running track power. A loco could be setup to run off either with a switch if one so wished to do so.
