bill937ca Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 It's the ultimate Tomix controller at just under $1400 US. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10026429 http://www.tomytec.co.jp/tomix/world/s2/index.html Buy this and you may end up divorced!! :o :o At least if you get divorced you'll have more time to play with the trains! :D Link to comment
Bernard Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 At $1,400.00 I'm curious if it will be a big seller, we'll see as Xmas approaches. That is more than any DCC system I know of! I wonder if they give free shipping at that price. I do like the layout that's demonstrating the system. Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 The main disadvantage is that you still can't have more than 1 train on the same track and be able to control them seperately =) Link to comment
bill937ca Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 The main disadvantage is that you still can't have more than 1 train on the same track and be able to control them seperately =) I believe that is because the Japanese are big on "driving experience" and when you are driving you control only one vehicle. The Tomix detail page translates quite well with Google translate and lists all the features on pages 2 and 3. It seems to be a favorite with Japanese rental layouts and the growing number of tetsudo cafes. Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 True (and I'm not saying this is a bad controller btw, I would actually rather like one myself), but part if the driving experience is also being aware of the other trains ;) Link to comment
bill937ca Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 True (and I'm not saying this is a bad controller btw, I would actually rather like one myself), but part if the driving experience is also being aware of the other trains ;) I find that most Japanese railways operate more like subways or streetcar lines in the rest of the world. Trains move along in single file with little contact with other lines and their operation is heavily automated with ATC and ATS. This is true of most private railways. Shinkansen lines have no intersecting traffic other than the train ahead of you or a train in a siding. Even JR's busiest lines do not have a multitude of branches like commuter lines in North America. Link to comment
kashirigi Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 There's also the raildriver (http://www.raildriver.com) which apparently works with DCC, not that I've figured it out yet. It's considerably less than $1400. It's more of a North American experience, but still highly entertaining. Link to comment
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