Newbie DCC Recommendation

[rrinker]

Another vote for the Zephyr, still have mine, and it's still the heart of my layout, the seocnd one I have built that's DCC. Not counting the simple oval of Bachmann track I set up to test things when I first got the Zephyr. Everything's included, nothing gets tossed when adding more (I now have a second booster, 3 throttles, and a computer hookup for JMRI), and it's really easy to use. The current unit is the Zephyr Xtra, which can control up to 20 locos and has 3 amps, enough for 6-12 HO locos, even with sound (I ran 8 at a time on my original 2.5 amp Zephyr, and simply ran out of room to run more, it wasn't overloaded even then, 4 sound, 4 non-sound). Plus you cna connect your old DC power pack, or two if you have them, and use them as extra throttles via the 'jump' ports. So if you have 2 old power packs, out of the box you have controls for 3 simultaneous trains.
Also no cab address issues like NCE

--Randy