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…....................--- Run a DC Loco on a DCC Layout ---

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Massey on TrainBoard posted about using a DCC decoder for DC loco control. I thought I'd try it out and thanks Massey for posting.

I believe the following will allow me to run a DC loco on either my DCC test track or the main layout with my DCC throttles and could do the same for you. It is nice to be able to run a DC loco with a wireless throttle. Any throttle that will connect to your command station will work. This solution has also shown that it can give me better motor control of a DC loco than my Tech II throttle can.

Also one could build an under $70 DCC-EX command station and use it and a decoder as explained below to power their DC layout. Put the DC throttle to rest although it could still be used at any time. Now you could run DC locos with a wireless handheld throttle on the layout or with the free EngineDriver app for an Android phone. DCC-EX also has the option to run DC and DCC locos on your layout if you start to acquire them using their TrackManage software on the DCC-EX Command Station.

The photos below should explain how this basically works. Contact me for more info.

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To be continued.....

A link to the DCC HandCab (modeled off a GP7/9 control stalk ( HERE )

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