carsntrains posted:And please notice ALL! And I repeat ALL of the Lionel trains that are being sold and are not "built to order" either come with a DC power source or can run on a DC power source.
It only takes one example to disprove your assertion of "ALL" - a quick scour over the 2019 Big Book Has many examples:
- DC operation excludes command operation and therefore features are given up and inaccessible. This is big and it is a shame Lionel doesn't make this very clear.
- pg 48 - Motorized units - They operate in Conventional or Command mode. Since TMCC/Legacy don't work with DC, and Lionel only offers fixed voltage DC supplies on pg 200, there is no Lionel supported way to operate them on DC.
- pg 126 - Lionel FA Set, as with this is conventional only, and Lionel only offers fixed voltage DC supplies on pg 200, there again is no Lionel supported way to operate them on DC.
- pg 157 hand car - same story
- pg 186, the rotary beacon is specifically AC only
- pg 201, 203 - the command and LCS components operate exclusively on AC power
Now, admittedly in certain cases I am being extremely pedantic, and there is a possibility that the trolley controller on pg 158 will become available as a separate sale item and that will allow for conventional DC control, but that remains to be seen.
Bottom line, not everything in the latest catalog (BTO exclusion or not) is DC compatible or is fully functional on DC.
