The person to ask would be Ron Sebastian of Des Plaines. I only stated what we sell and made no reference to any other scale or what was more popular way to run trains...
On Jun 1, 2012, at 2:25 AM, Ed wrote: > 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. > >
