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I have a large mostly LGB layout that runs both indoors (in a crawl space under my home and in the garage) as well as outdoors.
Additionally I built a trailer mounted portable layout to take to train shows etc. to promote our local club.
The layouts are run primarily on analog track power but recently I decided to add the capability to run them on MTS/DCC mainly for when I have visitors. This would enable multiple operators using different remote controls.
I have too many non-decoder equipped locomotives to consider converting totally to MTS/DCC but enough to make it practical to switch to MTS/DCC on occasion to run the layouts with decoder equipped locomotives that I do have.
I have two primary concerns about my LGB MTS equipment which are:
1. The LGB Central Station 2 and one Loco Remote with transmitter and receiver have the "P" upgrade but another Loco Remote and Universal Remote and their transmitters and receiver do not have the "P" upgrade.
What improvement in MTS/DCC locomotive operations would I find if I upgraded the addiitonal remotes, transmitters and receivers to the "P" upgrade?
2. I have several reverse loops that I currently control with separate electrical blocks but occasionally a loco or caboose will momentarily short out as it breaches the reverse polarities due the train to being too long for the reversing block.
This has never harmed anything running on analog track power but could it burn something up if I had a reverse polarity short running on MTS/DCC?
I just have a very basic understanding of MTS/DCC and for now I am just trying to set things up where I can switch between analog and MTS/DCC power on the various layouts according to whether the locos are decoder equipped and how many operators are present.
I would appreciate any comments or suggestions (other than a total conversion to MTS/DCC which is not a consideration).
Thanks,
Jerry McColgan

Additionally I built a trailer mounted portable layout to take to train shows etc. to promote our local club.

The layouts are run primarily on analog track power but recently I decided to add the capability to run them on MTS/DCC mainly for when I have visitors. This would enable multiple operators using different remote controls.
I have too many non-decoder equipped locomotives to consider converting totally to MTS/DCC but enough to make it practical to switch to MTS/DCC on occasion to run the layouts with decoder equipped locomotives that I do have.
I have two primary concerns about my LGB MTS equipment which are:
1. The LGB Central Station 2 and one Loco Remote with transmitter and receiver have the "P" upgrade but another Loco Remote and Universal Remote and their transmitters and receiver do not have the "P" upgrade.
What improvement in MTS/DCC locomotive operations would I find if I upgraded the addiitonal remotes, transmitters and receivers to the "P" upgrade?
2. I have several reverse loops that I currently control with separate electrical blocks but occasionally a loco or caboose will momentarily short out as it breaches the reverse polarities due the train to being too long for the reversing block.
This has never harmed anything running on analog track power but could it burn something up if I had a reverse polarity short running on MTS/DCC?
I just have a very basic understanding of MTS/DCC and for now I am just trying to set things up where I can switch between analog and MTS/DCC power on the various layouts according to whether the locos are decoder equipped and how many operators are present.
I would appreciate any comments or suggestions (other than a total conversion to MTS/DCC which is not a consideration).
Thanks,
Jerry McColgan