I was glancing through some old issues of OGR recently and saw an interesting reference in Run 165 (April 1999): at the 1998 Spring York meet, Lionel had a layout demonstrating the RailNet system, “a feedback system using TrainMaster that has a way of telling where the trains are and how fast they’re going, so you can do things like collision avoidance.”
This makes me wonder, was RailNet the precursor to the Layout Control System? Did it use infrared technology or something else? Will LCS eventually be able to do collision avoidance? (I know I would appreciate that!) Do you remember seeing or hearing about RailNet, and, whether you do or not, do you have any insights/thoughts re these questions?
Cheers!
Keith
