I totally understand the legacy fan boys chiming in on this. They were sold a set of goods touted to be the latest and greatest and the end all be all of train control. They invested heavily in their system and the locos that went with it. Lo and behold the big blue and orange realized tmcc was outdated so they killed it...sort of. But wait...we have legacy for you same technology but more features and functions and more cost of course. So popular they make the locomotives BTO only so as to protect their bottom line knowing its a precarious situation.
Then they create a new line lion chief plus system that fills a huge gap in the market and cha ching$$$$$$. They scored big.
The big L is not beholden to us they are beholden to the bottom line. My guess is they will soon abandon the legacy system and the legacy line and vision line. Too little return on investment with limited profits. It remains to be seen if and how long after they will even support the system.
I'm guessing blue tooth engines are going to replace legacy and other systems including LC+ as we know it now. The LC+ Bluetooth app has great potential to replace everything legacy can do...and more as they develop the software. I'M not a gambling man but I'm guessing I'm close to right on this one. They may keep the LC+ remotes along with the blue tooth because they're cheap anyways. I could be completely wrong on this also but only time will tell.
