Folks, I am monitoring the forum closely on this topic and trying to help where possible. I can clear up a few things relative to the products with the BEMF technology. Please note that aside from not having the Legacy compliant speed table, the locomotives have every other Legacy feature, including the 200 speed step support.
The Heisler that was cataloged in 2015 was the first O Scale engine to use the BEMC Legacy electronics. This was due to the fact that the standard RCMC simply would not fit in such a small engine. Lionel felt it was acceptable as the gearing in the Heisler drive train naturally prevents the engine from being in a lash-up with other Legacy engines.
The new 0-8-0 switchers and the LionMaster Class A engines are the only other two engines to have the BEMC electronics. In the case of the 0-8-0, there was no physical room for the RCMC, and the outdated modular Legacy electronics could not be reused.
We want to confirm to our customers that moving forward, there are currently no plans to use the BEMC in any more O Gauge locomotives. The NW2 has been designed to use the RCMC and will perform similar to the S2 that was released a couple of years ago. If a special case does occur where we need to use the BEMC, it will be explicitly stated in the catalog.
