Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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You hear the term DCC Friendly a lot with model railroading these days but do you know what it means and how it originated? In this video I'll give you a little history lesson and explain why it has become such an integral part of the jargon.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:00 Component shortages
4:00 DCC Friendly history
4:55 DC vs DCC and shorts
7:30 DCC UNfriendly turnouts
12:40 Modified Shinohara
16:00 Walthers DCC Friendly
19:45 Wrapup