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Reply to "Interesting Change to the Lionel Product Finder"

Originally Posted by DRGWno1:

The direction of the development of Lionel's AF line toward a scale friendly stance is very encouraging and exciting.  For myself, a more scale influence is a positive thing and the possibility of offering a DCC add on is very appealing.

 

Two questions come to mind:

1.  As the DCC board would be an add on to the Legacy board (as I understand your post), would the primary power source still be AC?  If so, this would be a distraction for me.

 

2.  Would it be possible to offer the DCC plug in to a Legacy less, DC powered, locomotive?  This would be the most attractive alternative to me.

 

All things considered, S scale much better off with the current direction Lionel is taking in the S market than without it.  I applaud your efforts!

 

Roger

 

1) The power would be DC or DCC, *not* AC.

 

2) yes we could consider a DCC socket.   I am not sure the best path right now, a DCC plug, or DCC support from Lionel as delivered.  The DCC path from Lionel would have many advantages; working Smoke, Railsounds, IR Track emitter, Legacy Quilling horn, ect.  Downside would be a Lionel designed DCC decoder, which is a relatively unknown product.  However, I have designed DCC decoders many years ago, and followed the NMRA spec, so one would believe we would be off to a good start...

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