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Charlie, I always thought that it was a hammerhead RS3. A steam generator was jammed into the short hood, but the hood was too short vertically... so they raised the roof. Doing a little research, I see that some rosters for WM list the 193 and 196 as RS3M's, but AFAIK, M implies a rebuild...

Don't get me wrong, Digitrax is not a bad system. It can be a complicated system, and their documentation doesn't help. It's solid, reliable and well priced. It's just that the bar has been raised a few times since they developed their product, and so there are, IMHO, better options for the...

OK, take this! WM 193.

Packers is a fink! :p .... OK, not really, but it sux when we post at the same time!

CSX 8137 in St. Thomas, ON.

Soo 6410 pulling out of the tunnel into Windsor South.

Sorry, Didn't mean to beat you over the head with it. Well, not too much, anyways. :p ;) In fact, I didn't see your post, I was writing mine and posted it before I saw that you had posted. :cry:

Amtrak 261 leading the WB Lakeshore Ltd past Sandusky Bay, OH.

Well, in point of fact, SteamHead tested this for me, since I couldn't believe in this day and age anyone would design a DCC system that way. Even the el-cheapo-steenko EZ Command from Bachmann remembered what direction and speed the loco was going when you switched back to it. Digitrax isn't...

Here's VIA 6407 and 6410 on the westbound Ocean at Sackville, NB in Oct. 2006.

I think the DC option is really over-rated. As noted, the locos sound horrible, and the control is really crude compared to what you get with even the cheapest DCC decoders. If you can get over that hurdle, I would strongly suggest the MRC system, for several reasons. First being the ease of...

OK, I can do VIA too! Here's LRC 6916 with an F9B for steam heat at Brantford ca. 1990.

I've got a (former) boxcar...

Just a quick vid of the Decapod-equipped Tsunami. I have the sound effects set on full auto, so it gives correct whistle signals for forward and reverse, bell kicks in at a given speed (I didn't go fast enough here) and it will blow a grade-crossing whistle signal if you blip the throttle.

Just a quick vid of this cute little loco doing a rollby. Love those siderods!

Doh! I thought it looked like an MP15, but I wasn't careful looking at the L&N roster.... up to 5029 were SW1500s. 5030-5039 were MP15s. That's what I get for trying to double-check my instincts! :rolleyes:

In the meantime, here's CN SW1200RM 7317 switching at Walkerville, ON.