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I did a clinic at a lot of NMRA conventions up until about 5 years
ago, entitled, " DCC-Ready? The Good, The Bad, and The UGLY!"
In it, I dealt with the state of DCC-awareness at that time. On my
website (mrdccu.com/curriculum/ready.htm), I have a page
about the subject. This page has a link to the presentation from
my NMRA clinic, for a historical perspective. You may wish to
detour there before going further in this column.
First, let me state that things are getting better. A decade
ago, the terminology was very confusing as manufacturers
scrambled to be able to claim some level of DCC-awareness.
Alas, many of these locos are still on the shelves, so the watch
phrase is “caveat emptor" – buyer beware.
Terminology
I’m going to define what I feel are correct categories and then
work forward with what is on the market to fit MY criteria. This
is MY terminology, not some bureaucratic definition.
1: Blackstone HOn3 loco designed by the SoundTraxx
folks. Photo courtesy of Blackstone Models.
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