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Reply to "Can someone catch me up on the Lionel and MTH control systems?"

Well to start off, if you still have your old CAB1 system, you can reuse it, That's what I have on my layout and it works great.

To run your MTH PS2 & PS3 systems you'll need a TIU & DCS Remote. Both have been discontinued but can be found on the second-hand market. You can also use the TIU to run your TMCC & Legacy engines by connecting the Lionel BASE to the TIU with an interface cable from MTH (50-1032).  If you want to retain some of the legacy features when operating them with the TIU/DCS REMOTE, you'll need a SER2 between the Legacy Base and the TIU. Lastly, you can buy a new BASE 3 from Lionel, and a CAB1L remote (almost identical to your old CAB1 remote) and use that handheld (or a CAB2) remote with the BASE3. The new WTIU from MTH can use the older the DCS Remote but it must be tethered with a curly phone cord to the WTIU.

I've attached a couple of graphics that might help explain how all of this hooks together:

MTH DCS - TIU_WIU_BASE2WTIU - BASE3

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  • MTH DCS - TIU_WIU_BASE2
  • WTIU - BASE3

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