@Trainlover9943 posted:I agree, I REALLY hope that Lionel gets the tooling for the subways and runs with it. I would HATE to see them go away.
Not that I disagree with either of you guys, the MTH subway sets were for the most part a home run.
But I need to wonder, is a subway set without DCS and the Auto Mode feature still as desirable as the MTH models with those features? My understanding is that the subway sets have a special board that allows that, i.e., it's not just dropping a subway set sound file into a standard Proto 2.0 or 3.0 (or 3/2, whatever the latest board is) electronics package.
Would the same subway sets with Legacy be just as sought after?
For those looking for examples of all the different models, I guess maybe the electronics could be secondary. For me though, I look at the total package, and Auto Mode was a huge part of it. Not that I don't like my Legacy R27 set with the commandable door openings, but I think I like Auto Mode better than the opening doors in a broad sense. 
-Dave
