My impression on the Cab1L that I received today

It seems to me you could use a Cab 1L and a Cab 2 to control the same engine at the same time as long as the Cab 2 is set to its Cab 1 control type.  That way, both the Cab 1L and the Cab 2 will be sending relative speed step signals which should work the same as using two Cab 1s.

Ron

Well, we ran my Legacy system along with the Cab1L at the Great Train Expo in Anaheim, CA this past weekend. I prefer my Cab2 but it did get the other group members of the All Aboard Fastrackers with 54 square modules set up to use the mainline with the Cab1L and at least get used to remote use. Everyone else but me really liked the Cab1L and gravitated towards it. The Cab1L was really their preference. Before this no one would even use the Cab2 to run trains so I have moved them a step forward.

Now we did run a couple of Legacy engines with my SP GP35 getting some run time but the speed steps did not communicate between the 2 remotes so if I would go to dial in a different speed on the Cab2 and someone was running it with the Cab1L the speed would change to the Cab2 speed and vice versa. Not a big deal but interesting. Of note was using the Legacy system I have set mine to channel 7 to prevent different groups from cross talking in a show and this was very easy to program on the Cab1L.

I did also upgrade to other Legacy remotes and bases for another groups members to 1.52 so I did my public service good deed for Lionel. Now I just have to find a good flowchart that describes the Legacy system, power masters, TPCs, and transformers since I got a lot of questions.

do you have pictures of the 1-l

Why the driving urge to get pictures of the CAB-1L?  Here's a Lionel picture, one taken by a forum member isn't going to be any better.

no but thank you i want to see how thick it is from the side.

If you had asked that, we would have told you! 

oo ok but do you know.

The CAB-1L and base are the same physical size as the original set.  The main physical differences are there is no telescoping antenna on the CAB-1L and both units are dark blue instead of medium gray (and they have Legacy labels).

The top is thicker and wider than the bottom.

Looking at it from the side, the top is about 1.11 inches thick and the bottom is about .65 inches thick.

Looking at it from the top, the top is about 3.1 inches wide and the bottom is about 2.4 inches wide.

From top to bottom, it's about 7 and 5/8 inches long (too long for my micrometer).

thank you!! ps what does the back look like

what does the back look like pic and front [do not question]

Did it ever enter your head to go to a store and look at one?

Next Matt will want to know what the buttons feel like

You're going just a bit weird on us here, Matt.  Time to head over to your local hobby shop, or to find a nearby friend who has purchased the CAB 1-L, and check it out one-to-one.  Trust me…you're starting to try the patience of some of the fellas here.  

I gees I will go to the store. But I want to know because I am making a control panel and want to know if any thing sticks out.

These aren't for control panels, they are for your hand to help held as you move around.  For a control panel, you'd be better off buying a used smartphone and putting the free TMCC control app on it and pairing it via Bluetooth to a dongle on an old TMCC base, IMHO.

OMG Sinclair, don't start him down that road

No when I am done with the remote I want to put it some ware.

Careful, you may not like the suggestions!

oo  I know where lol 

There are mouldings on the Base1-L that fit corresponding mouldings on the CAB1-L so that you can place the remote onto the base if you desire. This is the same as on the original CAB1/Base.

I know but what about the dcs system

Holster those guns podner.

thank you how did you make the holsters

I stole one of my four Grand Daughter's old school satchels and cut the pockets off.

Then might I suggest that you are more forthcoming as to what you really want to know? If I had known that you only wanted information about DCS, I wouldn't have posted information on Legacy. 

Hi Jeff just wanted to Thank You for your help today...

Fired up my new CAB-1L this past weekend.  I am very satisfied with its performance in every respect thus far.  I operated several TMCC and Legacy locomotives with it and had no problems at all.  I'm probably one of the few who actually prefer the CAB-1L and BASE-1L to the full Legacy system, primarily because the remote fits and can be operated with one hand.  I'm a "basic features" kind of guy anyhow, and really don't need or use all the advanced gizmos of the full Legacy system.

The CAB-1L system is also playing nicely with DCS.

I agree Allan. I too am a "basic features" guy and that CAB2 is too big in  my opinion. The other nice feature, if you own a ZW-L, is that it makes a great walk around control when operating in conventional mode which is the main reason I bought it. I only own 1 TMCC, and 2 legacy engines.