Will a "DCC Ready" locomotive co-exist with my older straight DC locomotives? I am a "mature" person and am sticking with the "old school" DC block control. I am interested in acquiring a Bachmann locomotive that is listed as "DCC Ready".
It will work fine since a DCC ready locomotive does not have a DCC decoder.
DCC ready is short for 'DCC ready for a decoder to be installed.'
DCC Ready means the motor brushes are isolated from the power pickups and there is some means, a socket, solder pads, wires or something else, to accept the installation of a DCC decoder.
Thank you ACY and Hunt - you have answered my question. MikeO