@gunrunnerjohn posted:Yep, abandon all your locomotives with working control systems to go to an entirely new environment, makes sense to me... NOT.
GRJ...I understand and highly respect your perspective and knowledge on the matter. In fact, I look to you for many solutions in the Chip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah domain.
So, now correct me if I'm wrong in one more fact re PS2-5v mayhem; When it dies, you are TOTALLY dead. IOW, you're not even going be able to run conventionally, have ye olde rudimentary sounds of chuff/burble, horn/whistle, bell...are you? That's my understanding, anyway. That's becoming of a true "Shelf Queen".
Well, for all the PS1,2,3's and TMCC's, and every variant/upgrade thereof that I have in my O3R stable, I run conventionally. My choice, my happy place.
So, if it's going to die...sooner or later...and need replacing with 'something' in order to live again...if only conventionally..., I consider all the alternatives....including TMCC.
And I find Dead Rail a very intriguing alternative when at the crossroads of health or shelf of my 'queens'. I converted an LGB Mogul to dead rail for the 'halibut': Totally awesome! For 20+ years working at the LHS I especially watched enviously as battery technology totally changed the possibilities and outlook for many branches for Radio Control hobbyists. There are several forumites who are already immersed in the concept of dead rail for O scale. Besides, I became reasonably comfortable in the conversion to and operation of DCC in the HO realm (for which there are dozens of locals having far more expertise in the DCC realm who can be of help.).
It's a viable, tempting choice for me.
But I fully understand probably not for you...or the legions of devotee's to the existing swamp of O3R control system variants/upgrades/serviceables-or-nots, et alia.
TEHO in Peace.
KD
