Apologies if this has been covered. I've been away from O for a while...

Will Legacy work on 2-rail and will Lionel be offering upgrade kits that can be used to install into 2-rail engines?

I see some guys are using DCS upgrade kits to convert Atlas 2-Rail engines. Can this be done with Legacy? I'd rather have Legacy than DCS.

Thanks!

It should work, but there are no Legacy kits out there yet so no way of knowing for sure.

Since it's unlikely that there will be a generic Legacy kit anytime soon, you may just want to install a TMCC kit and use it with the Legacy system. TMCC works real well with Legacy

Legacy works very well with TMCC-equipped Lionel American Flyer engines, which (of course) run on AC and are 2-rail.

Bob Bubeck

Thanks guys.

I hadn't thought of just upgrading to TMCC. At one point I was going to go DCC only because Atlas switched from TMCc to DCC. But then I used it on my HO switching layout and I realized how much more complicated it is! Yuk. I am an IT professional by trade, but I want my trains to be relaxing and easy to use... TMCC (and I assume Legacy) is so simple. I suppose that one of the only drawbacks would be that you wouldn't have the "playable" whistle huh. Isn't Lionel supposed to release upgrade kits eventually? I thought I read that somewhere over the past few years.

So AF runs good huh? Question... Were the Atlas O TMCC engines DC or AC? I don't remember.