I'm Debating a ton of options so far William. - Only powering the yard, meaning I could unhook the battery tender for switching operations, (still dealing with frogs though). Running straight DC for rail charging (requires a battery management circuit board for power/recharging, but would allow you to skip the reverse/frog wiring). True Dead rail, meaning I have to figure out power for engines at all times, including switching, solo engine running and extended operations sessions. And i'm not ruling out just wiring the track from the onset, since HO battery technology isn't quite "there" yet as far as size/capacity. Every HO dead rail I've seen has been either steam engines and using the coal trailer for the battery, or a battery in a box car behind a "modern" engine.
I don't need to be on the bleeding edge of the technology, but would be nice to not be wrong in 3 years and have missed the trend on where our hobby is headed.
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Decisions decisions decisions!!!
-Owl (Jared)