Click on the subject titles to go immediately to that section. Date of latest update is shown in brackets. Since 1994 the hobby of model railroading had been undergoing a major revolution in terms of the use of electronics in the hobby. Starting with early systems in 1994 following NMRA approval of Standards and Recommended Practices, DCC has rapid growth, especially with the widespread availability of locomotives designed to be DCC-ready and the availability of Plug 'n Play decoders for simple conversion.
Wireless throttles add an additional touch of realism.
The North Raleigh Model Railroad Club has operated with DCC at Train Shows since 1995 when one member ran DCC on the red track for a couple of hours at each show. The Club is now operating at least two tracks full time with DCC on its layouts. As such it is a continuously evolving set of pages, as new material is added based on our experience, and from information published in the various DCC-related Internet mailing lists, DCC system and decoder manuals, and other sources. We hope it will prove useful beyond the North Raleigh Model Railroad Club. Also information on decoder installation, sound and block detection.