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 |
