Comments on: DC Wiring Or DCC For New Layout? https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/12/dc-wiring-or-dcc-for-new-layout.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-wiring-or-dcc-for-new-layout Model railroads and model trains Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Larry https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/12/dc-wiring-or-dcc-for-new-layout.html#comment-570 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:21:29 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/12/dc-wiring-or-dcc-for-new-layout.html#comment-570 The good thing about DCC is that it makes your track wiring simple and it allows you to run trains instead of throwing switches.

The bad thing about DCC is that it’s initial cost is rather high, but when you factor in the cost of electrical switches and wiring, not to mention the complexity for larger layouts, the DCC option gets more and more attractive.

The final deciding factor is how you are going to run your layout. If it’s simple and you don’t intend to run more than one or two trains at a time DC is fine, but if it’s complicated and you want to run a number of trains (or if you are going to have operating sessions with many trains at a time) DCC might indeed be the way to go.

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