@Landsteiner posted:"It seems like a match made in train heaven."
Excellent points and experience that is news to me, so very useful.
But perhaps not an ideal answer for folks that have a lot of resources invested in TMCC/Legacy/LC/LC+ or PS2 locos. These locos won't operate on DCC without major expense and effort.
You are absolutely correct! I also have many tmcc and legacy Locomotives that I will either sell soon, or keep and upgrade.
As for the expense and time in converting Locomotives, the individual with mainly conventional is in the same position as the HO operator was (and maybe still is) in the mid 90s. Some had hundreds of Locomotives that they had to convert, but they only had to convert them once (until the decoder lost its will to work.)
There is no "perfect" solution in our imperfect world. You can convert to DCC and not worry about that command protocol vanishing with the company, or stick with Lionel or Mth and live with the proprietary protocol. There is no "right" answer, but in terms with the OP's question, DCC seems to be the most logical.
