DCS record/ playback feature

We used it on Christmas day but it was nothing super fancy. Mallet on one loop with passenger cars and the CP holiday train on the other. I purposely didnt want them stopping at specific locations so we did slightly less than a full loop. Had a long pause, startup horn, some speed changes, but the point was it "looked" like it never did the same thing because they never stopped in the same place or at the same time.

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Right now I have 3 trains in one session, each train parked on its own siding, each train takes a turn on the 300 foot loop, with the Amtrak stopping at station with PFA announcements, then each return to their siding  and the next train leaves. I tried four with always having a train in motion, but I couldn't get the turnouts lined up all the time. I need two or three people to help pull that off.

I use this feature frequently. Depending on what layout I'm running or what I want to do.  I have a portable layout that runs 6 different trains and I use it get everything started to avoid collisions and have another program that runs for 20 minutes that will randomly play whistles and bells on various engines to keep the entertainment going without thinking about it.

At home, specific engines will get parked in specific spots and with the press of play back button, it will execute procedures to automatically uncouple a consist from one engine, park it in a siding, bring out a new engine and couple up to that consist.

I used this feature especially when I have visitors. I would have a bunch, more than a half dozen, start, run and stop. This gave me the opportunity to talk with the guests and not have to worry about the trains. After that run, I would run a program in the “yard” with one engine working to load and unload cars. This involved multiple tracks and switching as well.