REQUEST TO LIONEL

I'm not trying to be one of those........If it works, more power to ya . It's kinda like a letter to Santa Claus (laughable) and cute at the same time.

God Bless,

"Pappy"

You Are Right !

Since Lionel is a Sponsor , I thought they may see it !

WRGMILW,

    Ok I will add to the Lionel Wish list, Lionel I want a gun Metal Gray 263E Tin Plate Legacy Work Train, with all the original rolling stock including a Legacy remote control operating 810 Crane Car, and a Lighted Red six window Lionel Caboose. 

A man can only dream!

PCRR/Dave

How about a REAL step in the right direction, in terms of control?

Why not use an idea that works so well in other scales, STANDARDIZED plugs, then just plug in the appropriate chip, for conventional only operators just a simple inexpensive board. Want a less expensive command system, plug in an LC or LC+ board, for TMCC or Legacy, just plug in the board of choice, and pay(or NOT) for the features that you want.

 For those "Price Sensitive" starter sets, include which ever board meets the Features/Price point that is the targeted market, but EASILY upgradeable for those that like a piece, but have more advanced layouts/systems.

 It WORKS VERY WELL for other scales, and a simple socket shouldn't be THAT expensive, especially if used UNIVERSALLY on ALL locomotives. Removing a dummy plug, and installing a DCC decoder, is a SIMPLE 5-10 minute job in HO, and when I was in HO the decoders were VERY reasonably priced. O Gauge having higher voltages, and Amperages, the boards would be a bit more expensive, but shouldn't be prohibitively so.

There have been MANY items That I WOULD HAVE bought, if this was the case, but I am not good at wiring, and I HATE the LC/LC+ concept, I DON'T WANT a whole box of remotes, just let me grab any Cab-1 or Cab-2 and select the locomotive that I want to run.

 Lionel has lost out on many sales to Me and many others as well, I am sure because of this issue.

Lionel WAKE UP!!!!

Doug

challenger3980,

I am sure it would be difficult to do all of this 'plug-and-play' that you make sound so easy (and as you say, actually is so easy in other scales), but none the less it does sound like a really great idea. I think it would be really neat if they did/could/would do this.

I think the control systems are really quite different for O gauge however, and all the design and engineering work that would need to be done to change everything is probably the show stopper, but who knows? They could already be thinking about something like this.