Originally Posted by Bob Delbridge:
Originally Posted by SantaFeFan:
There is a Cab1-L and a Base1-L; a pair that operates as a lower cost Legacy compatible system. The Cab1-L will operate with a Legacy Base; so the Base1-L is a separate sale. The Cab1-L has a quilling horn feature; but otherwise is very close in operation to the CAB1.
Jon,
Will the Base1-L be similar to, or a substitute to, the old TMCC Command Base?
I have DCS, can't really find a TMCC Command Base (already have the CAB-1) at a decent price so I can run Lionel engines. Will the Base1-L work with DCS? Like others, I don't want to spend $200 just to get a single engine (my soon to arrive 3rd Rail E7) to run using all its features
>>Will the Base1-L be similar to, or a substitute to, the old TMCC Command Base?
I guess you could conclude such, similar and a substitute. The 27Mhz product line is discontinued; so don't confuse the technologies of CAB1 and CAB1-L; which engineering is calling "Legacy Light"; hence CAB1-L (Legacy or Lite, not sure the marketing lingo...)
>>I don't want to spend $200 just to get a single engine[snip]
Costs, that is never a topic I can comment about! Marketing sets the MSRP working with Accounting. My task is to make it inexpensive to manufacture so MSRP is the best in class for the consumer. Bob, you could always buy more engines