Digital Marklin demo layout

 My last post on this project was on April 2019. A very long time ago. So, what went on between then and now? For this project, not so much. I started a couple of new projects, and they are taking a lot of time during the week, so I had to pause this one. I have been able to find time though to upgrade my engines from AC to DCC. As explained earlier, I have a lot of Digitrax equipment, and I do not have a Marklin system. So I decided to go with the Digitrax as the main digital system, using the Marklin track and engines. By the way, I also have an NCE system, and an MRC Prodigy system. For just running engines, all three can be used. As a test, I converted one engine (3034), and the test proved I can use DCC with Marklin, using Digitrax decoders. In this case I used the NCE system to test the engine, as it is part of my workbench. So far, I converted 11 engines, and I have 9 more to do (at this writing 5 are still out in the mail system). This post is going to be specific to these ...