@MartyE posted:On last evenings Demos with Dave, Dave demo'd the new Class A. This looks to be an exciting new engine from all new tooling.
He also mentioned with the new 4 digit addressing comes 2 way communication. The engine will provide the parameters back to the Base 3 Cab3 App to present a picture of the engine based on SKU# (internet connection need to pull from Lionel), real time fuel / water levels, name and road number without a sensor track!
I for one am really getting excited to see what else can be done with this. Dave showed some of the Cab3 app features as well but will do a dedicated Cab3 App show later. Looks like we'll have to wait until next year to get the Base 3 and App as Dave said he wants it to be delivered without issues.
I latched on to one item that Marty mentioned and that was "without a sensor track". Well, there's a decade of engines out there with IR and I hope 2-way communication isn't motivation to abandon that group of customer's that made that investment. I see IRV2 discontinued and I suspect the worst. I hope I'm wrong and Lionel continues to support/produce sensor track going forward. I'm not a FasTrac customer and really loved the IRV2.
