After recently returning to the hobby in a small way after many years of being too busy it seems that DCC is now the standard operating system of the hobby.I was wondering if the financial burden of this new system is impacting on potential new recruits to the hobby.
When i started with the hobby it was with an inexpensive Triang train set to which i gradually added more track and rolling stock until i filled a 4'x8' board.
Seems that todays build it up gradually method has to include at an early stage the outlay of several hundred dollars to get a DCC controller system in place to make any future upgrades adaptable to DCC,i'm wondering if parents are now passing up on the beginner train sets for kids when the extra cost for DCC is factored in.
When i started with the hobby it was with an inexpensive Triang train set to which i gradually added more track and rolling stock until i filled a 4'x8' board.
Seems that todays build it up gradually method has to include at an early stage the outlay of several hundred dollars to get a DCC controller system in place to make any future upgrades adaptable to DCC,i'm wondering if parents are now passing up on the beginner train sets for kids when the extra cost for DCC is factored in.