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stonysmith
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13 years 9 months ago - 13 years 9 months ago #12821 by stonysmith

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Okay guys: Short Guessing Game: What is this?
Note: I've edited the picture slightly to remove two clues. I'll post the full picture if someone can guess what it is.
No prizes will be awarded, and no fair googling.

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craZ13
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13 years 9 months ago #12823 by craZ13

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Early version of DCC.

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13 years 9 months ago - 13 years 9 months ago #12824 by slugger

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Hi Stony
That is really some find you got at the train show. Jerry is right with his guess of the early DCC controler. I did some loooking and this was a very popular stystem when it first came out. People today are still using it and they buy and trade parts for the system as highly sought after collectables. Here is a little more info on it if you would like.

www.dccwiki.com/DCC_History#Keller_Digital

Great find Stony!!

Steve aka "Slugger"

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13 years 9 months ago #12829 by Socalz44

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Interesting to see the DCC of the past became something like my NCE Power Cab. What was happening in the 20 intervening years? Jim

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13 years 9 months ago - 13 years 9 months ago #12844 by stonysmith

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That system wasn't DCC. It is considerably older. I've replaced the picture above with the un-edited version. Also.. I didn't purchase it.. according to my wife I've got too much old junk as it is.

catt wrote: Part of what it did it was a early control system for trains. They were a good system if someone didn't get between you and your train - a human body would sure screw them up.

With all those switches I bet the inside is an electrican's nightmare.

A friend of mine bought the system for his big HO layout, a year later Keller went under. For a while people were giving them away to get rid of them, now they are a collector item.

If I remember right by the time my friend went DCC he had enough of the Keller systems to supply half the model railroaders in Michigan.

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