This may or may not have been significantly influenced by reaction to Mark's DCC sound demonstration on the layout (see videos in previous entry) but a decision has now been made to make the new Eridge exclusively DCC controlled.

This is not a conversion of the layout as such, because layout wiring has barely started. It will of course reduce the complexity of the board wiring (or at least the power distribution to the boards) significantly because we won't need to incorporate all the separate cab-control section leads. This offsets the work done on the panel to date, much of which will now be redundant. In fact the only panel function now will be point and signal control and uncoupling, which will make operation more authentic as it separates the signalling and driving functions.