What is Digital Command Control?
DCC allows model railroaders to independently operate multiple locomotives, functions and accessories. Each item receives its commands through an addressed signal on the track. The packet information is interpreted by the receiver (decoder) and the command is carried out . Functions can include speed, sound, lighting , direction, movement. Besides the huge advantage of independent control you gain with DCC, you gain the ability to customize the performance of each locomotive to the job and performance that you want on your layout. This is a huge step in control of model railroads. Each operator can have their locomotive perform the way they want. For example, we dislike jack rabbit starts and high speed, so we trim everything down to crawl speed with low top speeds, a great plus for our western narrow gauge railroad.
