Hi all I am in the process of putting Foil in my tunnels and one of the Forum members stated that it might cause a problem with DCS.
I was wondering if anyone could give me a little in site on this. If its a bad idea or not!
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DCS signal travels through the track, not "in the air" like a radio signal to the engines, so foil lining your tunnels should not have any effect. The signal from the remote goes to the TIU, so unless that is obscured by foil, I wouldn't see how it would cause any interference?
For what it's worth, I've had no issues with mine. 
Mike, I have foil lined tunnels and have no problem. Because the DCS signal goes through the track it should be fine.
Don
Thanks Guys! I will just keep going then! I just wanted to make sure before I got to far into it!
It might make a difference if you use any TMCC or Legacy engines, even if you control them with DCS.
Thanks Elliot! No TMCC or Legacy engines here. Either DCS or Conventional! I am glad I asked, cause it would have sucked having to tear all the foil back out! LOL
Do be aware that if you have a mountain with foil or chickenwire, the remote-TIU signal may not go through the mountain. But, as noted above, the TIU-loco signal will not be affected.
Please forgive what might be a dumb question. But if the foil neither improves nor blocks the DCS signal, and you're not running TMCC / Legacy, then what's the foil for? i.e., why are you doing it?
