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       HELP - Lionel Legacy Command for New and Old Locomotives
       By: Blaze_Wyo Date: October 8, 2016, 11:57 am
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       Hello everyone! First post on here after visiting a number of
       times and reading many topics on this great forum. So let me get
       into the heart of my post.
       My dad is building a "U" shaped fastrack layout with a passing
       loop and sideout, with the switches being remote turnouts. So
       far, so good. He is in the process of wiring, running a bus and
       feeders every 2-3 feet. Currently he has a few older post war
       conventional locomotives and one newer Lionel set; the Polar
       Express non-LionChief. Throughout the layout he has lights, a
       watchman station, the old horse corral (3356), the Lionel Barrel
       Loader (362), and a few other items. We are working on running
       these on isolated track sections and powered by other "toy"
       transformers.
       I want to purchase a control system for his birthday/Christmas.
       Currently he is running his locomotives off the little
       transformer that came with the Polar Express kit. It works, but
       not very well, as it does not much power and some of the
       functions of his older locos do not work. He also has an old KW
       transformer, but it does not work with some of the functions for
       the Polar Express. I am looking at getting him a Legacy Commant
       Set, but not sure what else he might need. Or would something
       like a Legacy PowerMaster and CAB-1L be a better bet for his
       needs? Or would going all out on a new ZW be worth it? Like I
       mentioned, currently he does not have any Legacy Locomotives,
       but I know every time we go to a shop or Train show he is
       looking at them so it is only a mater of time before he has one.
       Any help or thoughts would be much appreciated! Thank you in
       advance!
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