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BrendanOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@BlueFeather posted:

Perhaps Lionel is working towards some flavor of DCC compatibility and control for Legacy-equipped engines (indeed, the presence of DCC in the hybrid brass 4-4-0s is interesting). If they don't want to make their own remotes anymore, hobbyists could use any DCC-compatible equipment they wanted -- walk-around cabs, computers, you name it. Lionel could still sell Base3 and even potentially a DCC-to-Legacy converter module as requirements to play in this world. Keep Legacy proprietary if you wish, but they should give heavily invested hobbyists some way to communicate with the vast world of DCC that the rest of model railroading uses.

They have Legacy/DCC electronics in their S line so they know how to do it.

Brendan

1/19/221:25 PM

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