How to Wire DC & DCC Work Together On Your Layout

Great video! I might do this for when I build my layout some day

fitting that switch will take care of the power suppply but the points are wired up differently for dc and dcc how do you overcome that

Well done. Good tutorial

Very easy to understand video for beginners Harrison. Before I had more controllers (just running N DC) I put a similar switch between two two separate tracks (one inside the other) operating with one controller. Sure, you can only run one at a time, but have two different consists set up on different tracks. An easy way to switch between the two tracks with one controller. Just another use for the switch. Great job Harrison!
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Still fun and a great video for those who do not know how to do.

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Dude this helped me soo much I could not figure out how to convert my dc layout to dcc but after watching this video I just converted it!!! Thank you so much this is the Most useful video I have ever watched!!! Thank you so much!!

THANKS FOR THE HELP

So, will this method still work if one had a DC layout that has double main lines with 2 DC throttles?

I have that same unitary controller for n scale!

Can someone answer my question I’ve got a railpower 1300 and Bachman track it is a dc setup, can I run a dcc locomotive on my dc track or should I buy a dcc controller for my dc track. I am fairly new and am having trouble understanding this

Great idea ill use this setup for when i build my layout

Im HUGE into the model railroading fever again (even with school) but im definitely implementing this on my layout soon
I just need advice my my specific controler

to run a loco with a dcc controler dose the loco have to be dcc were i can control it sepreate from a diff loco????

whats the switch called????

Thank you!! I have been scratching my head about this for quite a bit and the solution was so simple!!

How can you tell if a engine is DCor DCC?

This answers my questions that I had in tonight's live video. Thank you for putting out great content. 🚂

Can railpower work with all types of model train brands

Can I use that method with my Bachmann ez command and my Bachmann dc controller

SMT rewind.We are looking at put our track3 dc/dcc for future runs.Approved video for SMT manual.thanks Harrison🚂🚃🚃🇨🇦

You make it look so easy thanks 🙏😁

Are there a way to do this witho it soldering?

Ah yes! Thank you! that’s so easy! What kind of switch do you need again?



NVM found it on Amazon. Yay!

Awesome! with this and some blocks, I wont have to take any of my locos off the track.
I'll just park all "either or "on a siding or yard or maybe I'll add to round houses for DC and DCC.
Thx for this brilliant idea!

I think that big soldering gun and thick solder is giving you some trouble. I would recommend a proper soldering iron and thinner solder. Temperate control is a must-have.

this is very helpful since i now have a DCC locomotive

That was very cool and simple. I may do that in the future.

Great vid! I’m planning building an HO layout in DCC. I have a lot of old DC locomotives, and this problem never occurred to me. Glad I found your tutorial! Thanks.

As someone who has Managed to DCC his Father's Old Locomotives. You have to put a lot of money in DCC decoders that handle the amount of Power the old Locomotives require. My Father had a vast amount of old Athearn Blue Box Locos. I went through Many 1.3 Amp digitrax decoders and had to shell out so much more money for a 3-4 Amp decoder

So basically I can say take and isolate my dc engine to one side of my layout and my dcc to the other side and just have a conversation track in between to flip it from Dc to Dcc. That'll play in to some switching moves nice.

One suggestion, for the DPDT switch you should get one that is a break before make or center off. The type of switch you used could be a make before break which means that it's possible that you have both DC and DCC going to the rails at the same time. It also means for that fraction of a second you could have DC feeding into your DCC system and DCC feeding back into your DC system. This can cause both systems to fry it as well as damage any engines on your track. Ok so would also advise if you are going to switch between them in ok n in your be layout you program your DCC engines so that CV 20 is set to turn off DC conversion, that way the decoder will not respond to DC current.

I have a DCC sound steam engian but a rail power 1300 controller and no dcc controller, what should l do

I actually designed a complex block system that uses more than three different switches just to control one block. One is a rheostat, another is a DPDT reverser circuit, while the third is a DCC/DC DPDT. Any additional switches are there simply for extra effects (like one of my home-brewed PiTrain controllers being substituted for a typical controller).

Hello SMT Mainline, I'll give you a consul since I saw that you are a collector of locomotives. Do you have in mind to redeem a locomotive and which one do you want to get?

Where do you hook up the wire on the track, on the rail, or somewhere else? What am I missing

DC and DCC in the layout.
Excellent 📹📽️🎥.
Powerpack and digital control.
DC and DCC locomotives, with sound.

I assume i cannot hook up 2 bachmann controllers (dc &dcc) on the same trackor can i?

Please help me im just getting into model trains

Just seen your video nice and easy great Pat Quinn IRL

What kind of switch did you use?

very helpful

Soldering would be so much easier and more efficient if you actually cleaned the soldering iron and something to hold the switch upright with the terminals facing upwards will make soldering soo much easier...

Yoo i have the 1300 one

People: “Doing DCC is so hard!!!”

Harrison: *makes a simple step-by-step tutorial on how to do this *

With the Bachmann track it has it so you can power from the inside or outside of the track. Wouldn’t you be able to use the DCC controller on the outside of the track and the DC controller on the inside part of the track or vice versa as long as you have the Bachmann power wires. Just gotta make sure what which controller your are using the other has no power to it.

Two questions. Im gettng a dcc ready kato gs4 and planing on installing dcc chip at a later date. Im good to run it on dc until i install the chip and conversion correct?
Second question. Can i still run a bus wire with this switch setup to power most of my joiners? Thank you for your time!

do you have a video on volt and amp gauges

What would you recommend for DCC controllers? Asking as I recently got a Athern Genesis Big Boy, and wanting to get ideas for stuff before I begin making a layout. This video helps a lot as I have a lot of old DC trains I'd like to run at times.

Exactly what I needed to know.