MartyE posted:shawn posted:Landsteiner posted:"Now all we need is for Lionchief+ locos to be upward compatible to be run with the CAB2."
I suspect there would be a market for a Legacy to LionChief "bridge" device.
You Think! What a novel idea?
From what I understand the idea behind LC and LC+ was folks wanted an easier to use, less expensive system, with less expensive trains. Something that was a good fit for the newbie and intermediate railroader. Lionel gave it to them and now folks want to operate those less expensive trains with the high end command system.
I certainly thinks it's a cool idea but I do find it interesting how this developed. Are these the folks who have Legacy and now want to start getting into the LC+ locomotives? I suspect we'll see something if there is a demand.
Although I'm not one of the those asking for LC or LC + to be operable by Legacy, I can understand the request. As was stated, my guess is that a lot of people started out in the hobby with LC or LC+ engines with one, two or a universal remote to get into the hobby at a less expensive cost and then upgraded to Legacy as they became more knowledgeable and "into" the hobby.
If they now want to run an LC or LC+ engine at the same time as a Legacy engine, they're into juggling remotes and it would be nice if just one remote (the Legacy controller) could operate the LC or LC+ engines, too.
Just my $ 02.
What I'd be interested in knowing is whether, perhaps in the future, a Lionel BT receiver could be retrofitted into an older Legacy or TMCC engine to make it operable under the new BT APP.
