I would like to know form anyone who uses this system if they also have a DCC command station installed on the layout were they run both systems together. The reason I ask is i have read in a few places and even on Ring Engineering web site that there loco modules in a loco can be run on a DCC layout using their controller. I am currently setting up my layout with a Digitrax DB150 command station and have started to set up sections using the PM42.

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PROGRESS! A few more buildings are in - my brewery (Calhoun's - when you're having more than one) and my wife's radio station in the Midland Utilities headquarters building (KPEG) along with the Midland maintenance building.

Okay, I reached a point where I need to be pretty sure of my yard design so I can finish a short wall that is on one end of the yard. I am thinking one day we will expand thru that wall into portable staging yards. So I will cut the opening now. In trying to maintain a reasonable reach I am planning my yard 15 tracks deep. The back 6 are planned to be staging tracks. The first 9 are arriving, departing and sorting/storage tracks.

There will be an access area behind the staging tracks so we wouldn't have to reach across the entire yard if we needed access.