Beginners Ask Trains Can DC and DCC locomotives run on the same layout?

Can DC and DCC locomotives run on the same layout?

By | December 30, 2025

Contributing Editor Larry Puckett joins us with the answer

Color photo showing two HO scale locomotive shells, one dark blue and one light blue, with mechanisms in foreground on white background.

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