I am incorporating TMCC to MTH DCS railroad so I can buy some Lionel engines. However, I am totally confused by the plethora of Lionel's O-gauge 3-rail product lines. Which line of Lionel engines can I run with TMCC only?
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You can run ANY TMCC or Legacy equipped equipped locomotive with TMCC.
The only drawback is. You cannot access any "Legacy specific" features via the TMCC handheld.
(Likewise , you can also run ANY TMCC or Legacy equipped locomotive with Legacy.)
Rick is correct. This is the way I understand it:
1.) With nothing extra connected to your MTH TIU you can control the following:
a.) Conventional control of TMCC equipped locomotives, and Legacy locomotives, and Lionchief plus locomotives by varying the track voltage (providing a limited subset of their full feature set, for all three)
2.) With a Legacy or TMCC command base (1 or 1L) connected to your MTH TIU you can control the following:
a.) Full TMCC control of TMCC equipped locomotives; or, using their built-in TMCC compatibility, full control of Lionchief 2.0 locomotives
b.) Reduced Legacy control of Legacy equipped locomotives (providing a limited subset of their full feature set) using their built-in TMCC compatibility
3.) With a Legacy command base connected to your MTH TIU, and an LCS SER2 Serial Interface (6-81326), you can add:
a.) Full control of Legacy equipped locomotives with their full feature sets
Mike
