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Originally posted by William Brillinger on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Sep 13, 2015

ok, I missed that one.  I just bought a second starter set, since that gave me an extra "booster" at the same time.

- Bill

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Originally posted by TS on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Sep 13, 2015

I don't think it's pricey to add additional throttles compared to DCC.
It's easy just to compare prices without looking at what's really
comparable.

Seeing as we're talking radio control let's look at the prices.

RailPro HC-2 list price $299.99
Digitrax DT402D list price $250.00
NCE Procab-R list price $249.95

So to a comparable radio throttle (we cannot compare to non radio
throttles, that's not fair) it's only about fifty dollars more
expensive.

It's also cheaper to get into radio control with RailPro as well. A
quick look at comparable starter sets (radio) sees NCE at $699.95
for the PH-Procab-R set and DigiTrax at $665.00 for the SCFXD Super
Chief Xtra 5 Amp Duplex Radio Equipped set. Both you still have to buy
a power supply for which is about $60 from the manufacturer.

So figuratively speaking if you bought a starter set, additional
throttle and power supply (where needed) for each system you'd be out
in front quite a bit with Railpro (by at least $277.00; That's almost
enough for a third throttle).

Now, this isn't part of the debate but just imagine you had to buy a
command station for each DCC throttle you wanted.

As for decoders, well again that's a comparing the actually comparable.
It's no good comparing prices of basic DCC decoders to RailPro
modules with so much more features. I really don't know what's good to
compare against a standard LM-2 price/feature-wise but for the LM-2S
I think you'd have to compare against something from ESU Loksound
and the prices between the two are pretty close.

Tim

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Originally posted by LK&O on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Sep 13, 2015

RailPro has no option for a basic operators throttle. A UT4D can be had for around $100. Not all operators at a session need or want a full featured throttle. Just sayin'.

The investment in a control system represents a relatively small percentage of the overall investment in a model railroad so to my mind cost shouldn't be a significant purchase criteria. If one cannot afford the control system of choice then likely they have picked the wrong hobby. Priced new release locomotives lately?

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Originally posted by TS on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Sep 13, 2015

Absolutely right, RailPro has no option of a basic throttle which is why
I don't think it's fair to compare to the non existent. You are correct
that not every operator wants a full featured throttle but for RailPro
the hardware wouldn't be any different between basic and full (basic
still has to be it's own "command station") and the software running on
it is nothing in the equation really so I can't see Ring maintaining
two versions of the HC-2 software.

I think we are also looking past the fact we're trying to price
compare two different technologies, one very old stuck in having to set
bits and a single command station has to do everything and one modern
with everything done in software and each controller is it's own
"command station", but both exist concurrently. I don't think we can
really price compare the two properly in that respect. Going by the
old vs modern argument I think DCC is way overpriced for it's age in
technological years.

Priced Australian prototype new locomotive releases lately?

Cheers,

Tim

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Originally posted by gregzygadlo on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Sep 13, 2015

When I referred to it being pricer than DCC I was looking at some of the entry level starter systems, but from my reading RailPro is kind of like a basic and advanced starter system all in one.

There are two things that are going to send me down this path.  The first is there is no programming track and no CV's.  Second is the fact that it has a touch screen and with the new software they released gives you a lot more control.

Now its time to get the track down so I can get my system and get some trains running.

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