I would like to have a pair of modern diesels with LC+ technology. I took a look at the Lionel Signature catalog from 2010 and found four candidates. The tooling has been paid for, and same for the LC+ electronics development. So these should be very possible for Lionel to offer at a reasonable price, packaged as a pair with one remote, and I would love it!
Why LC+? I would like a pair with LC+ because of the easy of consisting: one remote will operate both locos perfectly. Lionel has the FT AB powered sets out (I have an ABA set in SantaFe). So with LC+ modern locos, I can run two in the lead, or one on point and one as a pusher, or I could have a point and mid-train loco. Would be a blast!! With LC+ there is no consisting setup so this would be as easy to do as is possible.
Perhaps a simple DPDT switch could be added by Lionel to allow each loco to run either end as the "forward" end, so I could vary the direction to allow, for instance, back-to-back running in a consist, rather than all units always facing forward.
So here are the candidates from 2010 signature edition catalog:
SD60, operates on O-31
SD70ACE, operates on O-36
AC6000, operates on O-31 (my choice)
SD90MAC, operates on O-31
What do you think? Anyone else want a pair of modern LC+ diesels?