Mr. Bach-Man,

Any chance too see the little critter in your catalog soon ?
I need a couple of them for a new project ...
Thanks

Hamish,
Thanks for the information. Like you said, the 4-6-0 is DCC-equipped with dual mode and the shay is dcc ready. So all my locomotives will run on DC. But according to some posts on this forum, it is almost impossible to get slow speed without DCC. Some say it can work but you have to remove all the electronics.

Do I really have to buy a DCC power pack or I can use a "classic" MRC pulse DC trottle and get a realistic slow switching speed?

Right now I don't have any On30 or HO track. I'm in O scale, standard gauge.

I just bought last week my first On30 locomotives. The 2-6-0 is analog and the 4-6-0 and the shay are dcc without sound. I know nothing about dcc. I would like to build a small shelf layout with standard DC power. What is the best way to get good slow speed operation with DC ? 

I'm not really interested in dcc or sound decoder unless there is no other way to make it works.

Thanks in advance
Pat