After much deliberation, reading, researching, talking with club members, etc., I finally made the plunge into DCC. It took a little bit of work to run some new bus wires around the layout and disconnect the original DC throttles. I decided to go with a Digitrax Zephyr Xtra throttle, command station, and booster all-in-one for ease of setup and low cost. This should be plenty of power for my moderate N-scale layout and the number of locomotives I intend to run at one time. Most of my newer locomotives were either already equipped with dual-mode decoders or were easily converted with plug-in decoders. Some of my other locomotives will be converted to DCC has time and money allow. For now, I am using my current DC handheld throttles as "Jump Throttles" on the Zephyr and this works fine. I do anticipate adding a wireless throttle or two to the system when needed or at least a receiver so that others can bring their throttle to use on my layout. So far, I have enjoyed this change to DCC and think that it will bring many years of enjoyment.
