You might compare pre-war to postwar features to postwar vs modern differences. Some days the one direction loop is all it takes to grin, other days I want full automations, station stops, etc..
Command is nice, but so is simplicity; choose a route to suit what you want to get out of it all.
Electronics are as much work as they are play most days; that's what Ochams razor left behind for me. I try to let an open mind decide between electromechanical ànd electronics, but the Luddite in me definitely gets to speak.