Its a shame that The three rail market did not Go with the open DCC system that the rest of the model railroad industry uses. it seems MTH could have as there HO locomotive decoders handled DCS , DCC and DC so I would assume his system is somewhat similar to DCC. DCC has many company's using producing it and adding new tech as they go and its been backwards compatible from the beginning . A 5 or 8 amp DCC sound and control; decoder is about 2" X 3" in size and $150 or less. this sure beats the multiple boards that are packed into Lionel and MTH locos. I use DCC in some of my O scale narrow gauge and like the flexibility of not being tied to one manufacturer , I did put a 5 amp decoder in a three rail loco and unhooked my 3 rail system and tried it , seemed to work flawlessly. if I did not have so many Locos at this point I might think about converting them. just my two cents worth Rick
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