If you're in Boston on a night with a work session, you can call ahead and get a look and perhaps a small tour. The System 3 electronics come down from the original MIT designed intelligent blocking system, all the smarts are in the layout, not the engines. This is nice because you have one layout, but many people can bring their engines.
This is very different from the popular DCC (Digital Command Control = packets superimposed over power from the tracks) that most large model railroads run today.
In the near future model railroad equipment will be "IoT", with each engine having a small embedded system and WiFi, creating an "Internet of Trains".
Model Railroaders like many hobbyists are willing to accept new technologies into their toolkits. It's a relatively small, aging population, but the hobby has many facets and readily accepting of new people.
This is very different from the popular DCC (Digital Command Control = packets superimposed over power from the tracks) that most large model railroads run today.
In the near future model railroad equipment will be "IoT", with each engine having a small embedded system and WiFi, creating an "Internet of Trains".
Model Railroaders like many hobbyists are willing to accept new technologies into their toolkits. It's a relatively small, aging population, but the hobby has many facets and readily accepting of new people.