Last week, after spending way too much time reading about DCC, I took the plunge and purchased a DCC starter set (Digitrax Zephyr). The cost of the starter sets is not that steep and neither are the decoders. For me, the greatest amount of frustration I have had is with decoder installation.

 After a 8-year hiatus I am back into the hobby of Model Railroading. I just got done cleaning out my side of the garage when my eight-year old kindly asked if I could set up the railroad. It's my first layout -- roughly a double loop on a 4x8 sheet of plywood. The legs had long since been removed and the wiring was in a shambles. But lo and behold I was able to get trains running by the end of the day! (He was quite excited). Now I feel myself being pulled (and hopefully pulling my son along with me) back into the fun of model railroading.