I have been studying all of the Lion Chiefs for several weeks. It seems as if the Lion Chief Plus was a great improvement, allowing conventional control, but Lionel made very few locomotives in this system. Now, they have brought out Lion Chief Plus 2.0, for an extra $80 to $100 bucks, and it looks like all of the new offerings are going to be in the 2.0.
I doubt we will be seeing any new products in Lion Chief Plus. And, I doubt they will keep cranking out the current engines that use the Lion Chief Plus system. (Several of the current ones are going on deep discount.)
Mannyrock