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 |
