1st Day With Legacy! I'm SOLD/A FAN!

Glad to know it is easy.  i am somewhat scared of getting to it myself as I plan to be a looper with a lot of trains at once.  What are you using for power?  Mike told me that the ZW-L with the Legacy 990 was all I needed to do 4 loops at once with no extra add ons.  I would love to do that for my 4 loops of non command locomotives and then use the TMCC/ Legacy functions for CW-80 powered sections.

It's like potato chips, when you start, you can't stop!

86TA,

   I just got my Legacy also and have been doing a lot of reading, glad to see your write up on how easy to operate Legacy really is, I already have DCS and was hoping that running a combined DCS/Legacy was not going to be the challenge of my engineering life.  From your write up it looks like it will just be a small learning curve.

PCRR/Dave

I'm very new to this command thing, so I still have tons to learn.  But it is really enjoyable to watch the locomotives respond and be able to walk around watching the train.  I enjoy not being confined to a transformer!

Well put!

Just think about all those new engines you can buy now!

No kidding...Just what I need.  

Command control is awesome. I can't get enough of it.  This is what I've wanted to do with trains since I was a child-control them and not the track.  The future has only begun! 

Sounds a little like what I felt when I discovered TMCC, it was a moving experience.

Still remember my first time with TMCC

My Dad bought me the command system for Christmas back when Lionel had a $99 promotional price in place---first engine was the PWC 2245 Texas Special F3 AB

When I hit that horn button I just remember being floored---haven't looked back

And I'm a postwar junkie

Have fun

Joe S  

Congratulations on your new purchase. Glad everything is working out for you.

John, That is a ditto for me, a moving experience, can't seem to get enough, TMCC, Legacy, with the Powermasters also running conventional from anywhere in the room, to much fun. Want to run more and landscape less.

Ray

Iv'e been putting off getting the Legacy control but I now have two legacy engines... and it's getting harder and harder to ignore.     Sooner or later I'm gonna bite.  I assume by now the available 990's have all been updated?  Is there anything to watch out for?

I would only say when you do get Legacy, use it for a fair amount of time to make sure you won't have a failure when you are out of warranty. I don't know about current production but early units had problems. For the Legacy 990 system I would definitely recommend buying new. Lionel has been fantastic on repairing these but I don't know how long that will go on.

Ray

For the past 2 days all I've been having is moving experiences due to a bug of some sort... I hope that when my UP 4014 and SP 4075 arrive in a few days; a different type of moving experience will occur!!!

Been better,

Dave

I'm having a blast with it!

When you pull the trigger, you'll never look back! 

There were a couple of reasons I wanted to use the 990.  First, to check out my VL Challengers to verify everything worked as expected.  Second, be ready to operate my VL Big Boy when it arrives.  I'm confident I can do that now!

Sunday I hope to have time to read the manual some more.  

Gentlemen,

    It took me a long time to invest in the 990 Legacy and a Legacy Shay engine,

Patrick held my Shay for me, until I fully recovered from my health problems.   The Shay will arrive sometime shortly, and I do believe I picked the right engine to start my Legacy experience with, having seen one run on a nice layout at the Monroeville, Pa train show, it is really something.   Got to admit it's one of the coolest engines I have ever seen.  One of the members here on the OGR hooked me up with an original K-line swivel, so the Shay will pull cars even on 031 FasTrack.  It took me a long time but I finally took the plunge also.

PCRR/Dave 

Your story is a lot like mine, In 2007 I was still running trains conventional!

A friend handed me a remote, TMCC at that time and I was hooked for life!

When Legacy came out, I had to have it. Now I have a fleet of Legacy Locos.

I have been very happy with Legacy control and the sounds, hope you enjoy

it, Iam guessing you will!!

Legacy is a great operation system for sure. Far superior to conventional.  I've tried it and I like it but the downside is that these types of trains are expensive when compared to the conventional trains. I am also concerned about the reliability of the cheap quality electronics used in this equipment. If Lionel believes Legacy to be rock solid reliable, then put your money where your mouth is. Provide a 10 year guarantee on the control system components and I will start buying it. Until such time, I keep it simple, never have any problems, run stress free and sleep well.

Legacy - Made my wife and daughters interested in trains again!! 

Great excuse for me to get more "stuff". 

I didn't really have a choice-I had bought a lot of command control locomotives and decided after that investment, I needed the proper controls to run them!  The TMCC locomotives are fun; the Legacy is a blast!

I'm learning to toggle between locomotives, both TMCC and Legacy.

My 20 yr old sister-in-law (who's thinks she's a princess) got her hand on the Legacy remote (READ-forced into her hand) and she is hooked.  I had to make her go to bed last night.  My wife asked if she was sleeping with the remote. She was up less than 15 mins this morning and asked if we could run a train.  That says a lot about Command Control in my opinion.  It's so much fun; people who never thought they liked trains are now running them at my house!

Marty E,

   I believe you are absolutely correct, in fact it's one of the reasons I went ahead with the new 990 Legacy purchase.  I figured that if it came in with something wrong with it

Lionel would make it good no matter what.

PCRR/Dave

not me!

Legacy IS really cool, ain't it??!!

It's what brought me back into the "O" hobby after a 20 year absence. I went into a train store where they had a Legacy system/engine running ... and I was blown away. Whipped out the VISA right then and there. Wife thought I was nuts.

Maybe it's me, but  .... I find that Legacy Owner's Manual kinda hard to navigate. Lol.

Enjoy your new system.

Not me or anybody I know!

I don't think the warranty will end until it's totally replaced by something as featured and better. It's easily in Lionel's interest to keep the system repaired. Can't run expensive Legacy engines without it.

In command no.

In conventional with a TPC, ZW-L, or Legacy Powermaster and to some extent a ZWC yes.

In the same breath the DCS system can operate Legacy and TMCC equipment from the DCS remote in TMCC mode only with the addition of a Legacy, Base 1L, or TMCC base along with the DCS to Legacy Cable.

I run my Legacy engines (2) and TMCC(1 ),it is a blast to run the 2 legacy engines on the same loop, the TMCC can be run also but it doesn't have speed control (or I don't know how to run the TMCC correctly).

The legacy system is a KEEPER

Brent

Marty, 

Mine is working great!  No issues.

BReece,

You're correct, it's a keeper!  I can't wait to run 2 trains on one track in the future.  The idea of doing lash ups and moving long trains has me excited.

It may push me over the edge to at least get a few loops assembled so I can run trains!

86,
   Dive in and give it a try, I now have both DCS & Legacy, got to admit I did wait till I believed Lionel got most of the bugs corrected from the system, before I purchased the Legacy.  Now I want MTH to expand the DCS remote control abilities to include operation of low voltage command control switches & having recharge capability, to equal that of the Legacy.  So I can run everything from either hand held remote control as well as being able to recharge as needed.
PCRR/Dave