I tend to agree somewhat with both Doug and John above; Cost, and not competing with higher end products. The competing point has been discussed in length in other posts in this forum. as for cost, it would take not only the cost of the Legacy R4LC( or whatever they are using) radio board, but also the design time to incorporate an entirely different protocol in the LC+ microprocessor. I can't see it being cost effective to place both systems in an LC+ loco, when the electronics package chosen is insanely low cost to produce as is.
On the other hand it would also be painfully simple for Lionel to release a product that connects to a TMCC/Legacy system that would allow control of LC/LC+ engines. I used an arduino and a salvaged LC remote for a test and things worked fine, however having the actual wireless protocol in use would make things much simpler.
JGL
