Australian Model Railway Magazine

No More Stalling!

There is no doubt that the addition of DCC, especially a sound-equipped decoder, adds to the realism of a working model locomotive. However, even with the cleanest of track and wheels, DCC-equipped locomotives can be more prone to stopping, especially on dead frog points and dirty sections of track, than DC locomotives (often because the ‘cues’ offered by sound and the better motor control encourages one to drive locomotives

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