Dick, Good point about Railcom and NMRA. As I understand it, Railcom became an RP in 1997 and didn’t become a standard until 2012. Even then, the standard underwent extensive revision in 2021.
Why haven’t manufacturers like Digitrax and NCE upgraded to include this in their command stations? Who knows. I guess Digitrax doesn’t want to compete with its transponding. I have used an NCE PowerHouse since 1998 when I wouldn’t have expected Railcom. I can’t tell from their web site if the new PowerPro system has Railcom capability, but with a price of $1K, the TCS system isn’t looking too bad.
