JFRTM ???

[wm3798]

With all due respect, Dr. Hotballz,  THIS is what JFRTM looks like:

DC hi Railing on Penn Central night!

Turn up the volume, and the throttle!

Lee

[davefoxx]

With all due respect, @wm3798,  THIS is what JFRTM looks like:

Switcher Madness!

Turn up the volume, and the throttle!

DFF

[Ed Kapuscinski]

With all due respect, Dr. Hotballz,  THIS is what JFRTM looks like:

DC hi Railing on Penn Central night!

Turn up the volume, and the throttle!

Lee

Looks like a fun night.

And those poor coffee beans never stood a chance!

[randgust]

My initial experiences with DCC were pretty darn bad.

But enough of my custom builds have been requested in DCC that I've learned that 'most' of my problems were created by bad decoders, leveraged by a first-generation control system.   I'm less of a Luddite.  I can work fairly well with it.   But my main layout is still very much DC, and it's very much of a 'just run trains' mentality.   Things like DC surging performance in a DCC decoder still make my teeth grind.     

Yet 15 years in IT and microprocessing still makes me want to remove computers from any application where they are not really necessary, if for no other reason, the obsolescence factor that tends to creep in, think 3G.    I also have to work with 12"=1' microprocessors in locomotives that have become damn near impossible to debug, designers have retired, parts and service not available.   Carrying that into my hobby is not relaxing or fun.   It's amazing that you can take prewar Lionel or Ives and still make those things runs 'almost' 100 years later, do you think you can say that about any of the current DCC systems 100 years from now?

I can see that if you really want to learn microprocessing, CV settings, and enjoy computers as a hobby, great way to do it.   I'll still tinker and learn with DCC, but it's effectively work, not fun.

[Dave V]

LOL, respectfully Randy, I don't care if my trains run 100 years from now! 

Nah, I hear you. I think this is just a variation on the perennial debate about whether DCC is necessary or not. Of course there's no universal answer. I do both... 

On one hand, DCC is absolutely necessary for the manner in which I operate my HOn3 RGS. The sound control alone makes it essential. I know you can do some sound control in DC now, but that takes a lot of the very same electronics you identify as vulnerable to obsolescence. But doing meets and such are so much easier (IMHO) with DCC.

Then there's my N scale Colorado Midland which is just plan ol' DC. Now, part of that is practical since the turn-of-the-last-century locos are just so bloody tiny. But since all I really ever do is run two trains on two completely separate, disconnected loops, DC is absolutely sufficient. I wouldn't want to do sound on that little layout anyway...and only 3 feet by 6 feet, it would be a constant, uniform din.

I personally find that DCC vastly improves my JFRTM experience in HOn3. But I still have plenty of fun in N scale with just DC.

[robert3985]

Yeah...with DCC I JFR my TM, not R my FL. 

And, by the way, I have an incredible amount of fun making sure my wood reefers, cabooses and structures have boards that are the correct width on their F sides!

Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

[videobruce]

It would of been nicer if the OP would of put the meaning in the OP instead of tiring to guess it since it's obviously not a common abbreviation (thank goodness). 

[dem34]

It would of been nicer if the OP would of put the meaning in the OP instead of tiring to guess it since it's obviously not a common abbreviation (thank goodness). 

Well, we are a forum that revels in our long form in jokes. Stick around long enough and most of them will reveal themselves naturally.

[peteski]

Well, we are a forum that revels in our long form in jokes. Stick around long enough and most of them will reveal themselves naturally.

Yes, this forum has very rich in inside jokes and lingo.  But don't fret, a lot of this stuff is explained in Railwire Inside Jokes Explained thread.  You have to make enough posts to be allowed into the Crew Lounge section.  That is explained in New Member (and guest) limits/restrictions thread.

[cv_acr]

It would of been nicer if the OP would of put the meaning in the OP instead of tiring to guess it since it's obviously not a common abbreviation (thank goodness). 

It's a "local" reference; commonly used on this forum but no where else.