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Ok guys lets spill the beans on how NICE or NAUGHTY we were this year by telling what we got for XMAS. Myself, I got a neat looking video game called "Sid Meir's Railroads" as well as a few pieces of rolling stock and finally an Atlas DCC locomotive.

I have the EZ command that I got as a set with 2 dcc locos and EZ track. I think its pretty good for a beginner. It's cheap and gives you a taste of what dcc can do. If you are planning on buying it by itself I would look into something that is still simple enough for beginners but will also...

Nice job Rick. I will be attempting to convert a few of my old loco's after the holidays. Your post gives me hope!

Got a real nice Atlas loco i'd like to run on my dcc layout. I already moved the jumper on the dual mode decoder to use DCC. It seems the loco is preprogrammed to last 2 numbers of road # which is 25. EZ command only uses 10 addresses. What are my options?

Nice pics..thanks for sharing! I just posted the ones I had in the gallery section.

I'm not too worried about the floor holding the load. The joists are real 2x4 and there is a wall running under the center of the joists which seperates the 2 bedrooms below it. It will still be a while until I can think about benchwork since I will be re-doing the insulation and putting up...

Hey Collyn you are correct, the room isn't that tall. I am 6' and have to walk around haunched. The wife approved a 4x8 section in the other finished attic (normal finished ceiling) but said I could use whatever I wanted in this smaller one once the insulation job was done. I realize heights...

Hey folks, I'm a new member who happened to stumble upon this great site while researching for my attic layout. I just started replacing some insulation over the back bedrooms on my new house and got to thinking about building my layout up there. It will probably be a couple more weeks until I...