York Attendees: CAB1L?

Kooljock1,

I was at York and talked to a rep from Lionel about the Cab1L. It looks like the TMCC cab1. It is configured to run Legacy and not TMCC engines due to the freq differances. I was quoted a price around $240.

Jon discussion in my opinion was vague and its a work in progress, I went to the Lionel booth and the Legacy breakfast where one could see and hold the remote, it has no antenna like Cab 1 ,it will operate TMCC or Legacy engines by setting mode of operation, you will add a legacy engine by pressing a number code which will add the data to the system, so Legacy engine modules will become obsolete, upgrades to the system will be added thru the port on the Cab 1L base port or if you have the 990 or 993 Legacy system its base using the black module. Feels like a Cab 1, its blue not grey,Price point to be determined(set of remote and base or remote, base separate), anybody else remember anything else?

And Charles Ro had the 990 Legacy set for...wait for it...wait for it...

$260

I was at York and talked to a rep from Lionel about the Cab1L. It looks like the TMCC cab1. It is configured to run Legacy and not TMCC engines due to the freq differances. I was quoted a price around $240.

Quilling is accomplished by applying different pressure to the whistle/horn button.  Channel changing is accomplished by a couple of different button pushes.

It was probably in the Beta stage, but it looked pretty well good to go.  The top row of buttons weren't labeled yet on the one they had at York.

Actually the best part is you can buy the remote by itself or the base or both.

Very few actual Legacy functions though. 99trains and quilling whistle.

We got a few good pictures at the LUG meeting that will be posted later today.

It runs both TMCC and Legacy engines just fine. It connects directly to the Legacy Base or the cab-1L base, not the old base

If that price is accurate, I don't know why they bothered!  For not that much more you can have the full Legacy system.

My point exactly...

Thanks guys!  That's good info!

Jon

ZW2 --> Yard Boss --> Cab-1L?

(though hopefully it will at least have an official price announced before it's fate is determined)

Of course if Lionel quoted the $240, that's most likely MSRP(of which the latest for a Legacy 990  set is $350), C Ro is obviously street price, so the difference will probably be more than $20.  Using the same math for a discount percentage, it would be maybe around $180, which might be attractive to some folks.

-Dave

Dave45681,

I wish Lionel would consider producting the "Yardboss" ZW.

Have you heard any recent discussion on the fate of the "Yardboss"?

Thx,

Phil

I think the CAB-1L is intended as a replacement for the CAB-1, for users who have mainly TMCC engines, aren't all that interested in Legacy advanced features, and/or don't want to deal with the size, weight, complexity, and lousy ergonomics of the CAB-2. If all you want to do is run trains and play with the whistle, the CAB-1 fits your hand a lot better than the CAB-2. At a street price 50 bucks or so below the full Legacy system, I think it would have a significant market niche. Obviously, so does Lionel.