Can LionChief run on the same track as DCS?

Should certainly be able to.  As long as the track voltage is 18 volts (I use 16 volts most of the time on my DCS layout), the LionChief should run just fine.  It uses a different type of signal to communicate as compared with DCS, with the only constant being the 18-volts to the track.

Interesting reply, Alan. I had asked a similar question about running that Lionel

Thomas Christmas engine and thought by the reply by one of the forumites that

that was not possible.

 

Suppose the only way to find out is to set up a test track with a MTH dcs transformer

and check it out....or ask Lionel, huh?.

 

i probably did not understand the reply to my question.

Alan, thanks. The follow up question being, will it run on the 20 to 22V output of the z1000? I understand it won't run on too little, but is a Z 1,000 too much?

Allan is correct.  There is no reason why the two won't co-exist just fine.

The output of the Z-1000 is 18 volts unlike the Z-750's, so it should be fine as the others stated.

Marty R,

Just read you other post using the Z-1000 on a variable channel. Your actual track voltage will be less than 18 volts on the track as the DCS remote is accurate only when 22 volts is applied to the TIU such as using a Z-4000 with the handles all the way up.

 

Thanks for the answers. I'm learning a bunch about Voltage here.

 

The answer is..... IT RUNS GREAT!!!!!! I am as psyched as I was when I went from an old Lionel with a little block of wheels to MTH. I really hope someone embraces an after market RC system. I can just imagine being able to to control any loco, where you can get a wire between the pickups and the motors, turning off car lighting, activating operating cars, etc.

 

Nope, it isn't perfect, but it is a start to what I've been whining about, since I got hooked on a multitrain layout. I wanna run O, like I can run N. Any vendor, any decoder, any track. I like my DCS setup and wouldn't leave the speed control, but I really want to run anything on it.

 

Hoping this development continues.