DCC Made Easy: Digital Command Control for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Books) [Paperback]

Lionel Strang (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890246165
• ISBN-13: 978-0890246160
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #871,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Introductory Book, June 15, 2003

By 

Paulo V. W. Radtke (Curitiba, PR Brazil) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: DCC Made Easy: Digital Command Control for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Books) (Paperback)

If you're still reluctant to go on DCC and want a book to introduce this technology, this book may help you to make the move. It presents the working principles of DCC and shows effectively how DCC can make layout wiring simpler and operation funnier.

However, the book is overpriced and people with knowledge on DCC may skip this one, so this is a very basic reading and you'll want more in the end. If you know nothing on DCC and the price seems right to you, try it out.

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DCC for the complete novice, May 3, 2003

By A Customer

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: DCC Made Easy: Digital Command Control for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Books) (Paperback)

If you know absolutely nothing about DCC, this is an expensive way to start - you will be better served by buying a different book. Kalbach Publishing have failed miserably with this one - it never hits its mark and is useless as an independant guide - contains almost no information. Cannot recommend.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Basic, Good Primer, August 2, 2006

By 

John A Lee III "jal3" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: DCC Made Easy: Digital Command Control for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Books) (Paperback)

This is not a book that will teach somebody all the aspects of DCC. Instead, it is a simple primer that gives the basics. It does so in a clear and logical manner that is easy to understand. A person could conceivably wire up a railroad layout after reading this book (probably with lots of luck and attention to the manufacturers documentation) but that would not be wise. A person should do some more in depth planning. This book will not help with that.

The strength of this text is to give an introduction to the subject to somebody who knows nothing about it. The basic understanding gleaned from that should help to determine if further effort is warranted. In my case it is. I will probably keep this book handy for a while until I become more familiar with the tracks and the products but I will soon graduate to a more substantial treatment. Still, this exactly fit the bill for what I needed as a beginner who knows nothing.