Goshawk posted:Lionel has done some different things with their starter sets. They are super simple, which is probably their reasoning. MTH stuff is cool because it all works together. I am not sure if the PS 2 engines are DCC enabled, but the PS 3 engines definitely are.
PS2 locomotives definitely do NOT have DCC enabled.
Corey, thank you for your comments above about all PS3 locomotives having a DCC decoder built in. I routinely run my unmodified MTH PS3 locomotives under DCC control.