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Reply to "LCS sensor track - worth it?"

I now have 4 of the LCS tracks on my legacy layout and they are fantastic. The single commands are not all that worthwhile. I prefer to use the record/playback feature for a series of commands. I have one LCS track recording/playback set up just before the start of an ascending grade. It will make the train (diesel consist with at least one engine with IR sensor) increase rpm and labor, turn on the smoke, blow the horn before the bridge, decrease labor on downgrade, some dialogs, turn off smoke, and eventually resume speed. The other LCS tracks are used to blow horn, some dialogs, reduce speed, turn on bell, blow horn, & resume speed at crossings or stations. I haven't set up a recording for a passenger train with the stationsounds diner yet. I used to do that with the cab-2 recorder.

I usually run 3 trains at a time and intervene as required to keep them on schedule or from running into each other. I do the switching myself although the LCS could handle it. There is no way I could do all this pushing buttons on a single cab-2 without the LCS tracks. Trains without an IR sensor equipped engine in the consist will ignore the LCS.

For Lionel I think that many of us are still waiting for more rolling stock with the Vision railsounds. You could add the IR sensor at a small additional cost. It has been a long time since the Vision ethanol car set, long ago sold out. The Vision cattle cars can't turn off the moo sounds and get rail sounds only. No Vision reefer yet, shipping delayed till May.

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