Quote from: hudson488 on March 20, 2012, 09:01:56 PM
can a DCC locomotive run on DC power?
Sometimes.
Loco needs a dual mode decoder and the DC option has to be enabled. Some disable the DC option because it can cause a runaway under certain conditions when controlled by a DCC system.
More info in the below link.
http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00BQm8
Rich