@PeterB posted:.. what are folks doing/using/buying today, and what drives the decisions of whether to go with Legacy, TMCC, or DCS? Are Lionel and MTH's systems the only game in town, or are there third party systems? Is anyone using raspberry pi-based solutions (I have seen arduino type solutions, but that's a little too close to layer one for me -- RBP uses more layer 3 full stack code capacity).
Peter,
Even though it's been 15 years nothing fundamental has changed with respect to TMCC/Legacy or DCS. In three-rail all that old stuff still applies.
You have newer options but these have made very little inroad against the established leaders. These include DCC, coming from HO, N and G, and Bluerail if you prefer Bluetooth. Arduinos and Raspberry PI's are only an option if you customize the hardware and program them yourselves. With any of these you have substantial conversion costs, or personal effort if you'd rather do it yourself.
One important consideration is that by leaving the established leaders that we have presently only a small potential market exists to offload your stuff to, after you convert it, if you decide that you want or need to sell.
Many of us would like to see these alternatives make a big difference, but in the end it's coming only very slowly.
No big news here.
Mike
