The 1989 mini push buttons and LED indicator lights still function perfectly thirty years later. Since the advent of TMCC/Legacy, my switches can be dual controlled by both the panel and the handheld as desired. Perhaps I too am “touch” challenged, as my very sophisticated Heating/AC touch panel will attest.
One program guests enjoy watching on this layout with its single main line track plan involves the running of two trains at the same time. A “loop” train runs continuously back and forth through the two reverse loops. Simultaneously, a “perimeter” train controlled by me has to make its way, stopping briefly at two stations to dodge the loop train. While I perform this program with the Legacy handheld, I’m glad I still have the panel as I like to visually monitor the switches’ indicator lights. In private running, I still use the panel buttons a lot.
BTW Philip, I still enjoy the memories of visiting your fabulous layout nearly twenty years ago.
