Don....The total sales of SHS locos is a small drop in the bucket of all model
railroad locos. When considering HO, N, AF, O 3-rail, narrow gauge, brass
imports, etc., etc., it is clear (to me) that DCC is not "the current most
popular system to run trains" as was claimed. For every DCC-powered layout,
there are many times that using AC, Lionel Legacy, MTH Command Control, DC, and
others. While SHS made fine products, they were not the only supplier of locos
to the hobby and they represent a very small sample size. I'll stick with my
opinion until some contrary facts show up. Cheers....Ed L.
> Judging by our sales of SHS 2-8-0 as well as the recent sale of switchers,
> we sell more DCC sound versions by far than DC, DCC no sound, AC/DC or
> LocoMatic combined When we first had the pre-sale of the 2-8-0s, they were
> ordered at 60% LM, 20% DC no sound and 20% DCC Tsunami sound. Once we had
> the 3 2-8-0s with DCC Tsunami sound at Brooks Stover's layout at the NASG
> convention a few years ago, everything changed. DCC sound out sold all other
> versions combined. Our recent sale of switchers, 75% we sold with the extra
> cost of DCC sound.
> Don
>
> On May 31, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Ed wrote:
>
> > > the current most popular system to run trains is DCC.
> >
> > While I have not counted heads, I strongly suspect there are more layouts
> > running DC or AC than DCC. Not even close from my perspective.
> >
> > Ed L.
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