In reply to a question on the Digitrax groups.io forum of whether or not a DC engine could run on a DCC track whose command station is a DCS52 Carl Hilinski said this...
"I have a couple of Marklin engines that are DC. They can run on my DCS52 if I select 0 as the engine number. ALL DC engines will be controlled by the 0 selection. The problem is that you shouldn't leave the engine on the track even if it's not controlled because it is still getting power and hums and vibrates. Also all DC locos on the track will run the same speed and direction just like a normal DC operation".
That's only part of the problem. It turns out that SOME Digitrax LocoNet devices do not work well with "DC loco" operation, They work so poorly that they will go to the effort of changing the Command Station's "Analog (DC) operation" OpSw to disable it!
So, if you happen to use any of those Digitrax devices (which ones were not mentioned), the "analog" operation feature may not be available to you.
Interesting, this is the first the author has heard of this.
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