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 locos | |
| Cab ON | press MENU button (Upper Left of the LCD) |
| Select Loco | |
| Headlight | turn knob(s) at bottom to DIM or BRT |
| Bell | press BELL; press again to turn off |
| Horn | pull brown HORN handle towards you |
| Air Comp | press AIR (latch: press once for function, press again to turn OFF) |
| Engine OFF | cannot turn engine off with this throttle |
| Cab OFF | set Throttle to IDLE, Brake OFF, Reverser in middle position; then hold down SELECT button, then press DOWN button |
| | NCE ProCab throttle for STEAM locos |
| Cab ON | press [EMERG STOP] once |
| Select Loco | press [SELECT LOCO]; type in Engine Number; press [ENTER] |
| Headlight | press [HEADLIGHT]; press [7] to dim headlight |
| Bell | press [BELL] |
| Whistle/Horn | press [HORN/WHISTLE] |
| Water | press [9]; press again to stop |
| Class/Markers | press [6]; press again to turn off |
| Speeds | use SPEED [INC] / [DEC] buttons; do not use thumb wheel [INC FAST] / [DEC FAST] change in 4 speed-step increments |
| Engine OFF | press [EMERG STOP] once |
| Cab OFF | press [EXPN], then press [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 |
