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carsntrains posted:
bmoran4 posted:

I challenge you to find something that is not FULLY functional on AC. Recall, DC is exclusive of command control where the full feature sets lie.

I challenge you to find something thats LC, LC+, and or LC+2.0 that isnt fully functional on DC! And  a Legacy engine that isnt built to order!

   Real trains used to be powered by wood, coal, or oil making steam.    At one point nearly all of them did.   Model trains are making that same switch but not from coal, but to DC from antiquated AC transformers. : )  

Are you sure you want to go down this road?  None of the Legacy locomotives will run on DC, at least they scream that out on the manuals, and that includes the BT equipped models.  I think it's a bit early to say if LC+ 2.0 will run on DC, but I suspect running on DC in conventional mode will be a noisy affair with LC+ 2.0 as the bell or horn will be continuously sounding!

Now let's decide if we're going to trash all our Legacy and all the older TMCC so we can convert to DC.  Wait, I've already decided, it's AC for me.

Sorry that I don't see the headlong rush to DC, and I'm still at a loss as to what makes it superior to the AC that we've been using for a hundred years.

Thomas Edison also refused to give up his DC fixation.  I'm certainly glad that Tesla won that battle, can you imagine trying to distribute DC power to all our homes from power generation hundreds of miles away?

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