All locomotives are DCC and controlled with radio cab control throttles. Diesel locomotives are operated using Iowa Scaled Engineering’s excellent ProtoThrottles; steam locomotives are operated with NCE radio cabs.
Basic controls are as follows…
| ProtoThrottle for diesel locomotives | |
| Cab ON | Press MENU button (Upper Left of the LCD) |
| Select Loco | |
| Headlight | Turn knob(s) at bottom |
| Bell | Press BELL (latch) |
| Horn | Pull brown HORN handle |
| Air Comp | Press AIR (latch: press once for function, press again to turn OFF) |
| Engine OFF | n/a |
| Cab OFF | Set Throttle to IDLE, Brake to OFF, Reverser in MIDDLE position; then hold down SELECT button, then press DOWN button |
| | NCE ProCab throttle for steam locomotives |
| Cab ON | EMERG STOP |
| Select Loco | |
| Headlight | Headlight Dim Keypad 7 (latch) |
| Bell | BELL (latch) |
| Whistle/Horn | Horn/Whistle |
| Water | Keypad 9 (latch) |
| Class/Markers | Keypad 6 (latch) |
| Engine OFF | EMERG STOP |
| Cab OFF | EXPN, then Keypad 1 |
| | NCE Intermediate throttle |
| Cab ON | HORN |
| Select Loco | |
| Headlight | Keypad 6 |
| Bell | BELL (latch) |
| Whistle/Horn | HORN |
| Water | |
| Air Comp | |
| Engine OFF | n/a |
| Cab OFF | Hold SHIFT + HORN |
