The other option would be to find something like a variac to control the power output and put it in a throttle of sorts. I experimented with this when I was a teenager, the third rail power was routed from the constant power on my KW to the throttle input, then out to the track, and it sort of worked (the unit I had couldn't take the current/power draw of a typical post war pullmor engine, but it was something we had lying around). I think MTH also had a remote that worked with one of their transformers (maybe the z4000) that should work. Both DCS and TMCC/Legacy have the ability to control legacy trains through a gizmo that varies track voltage and allows the remote to work it I believe, that might be the easiest way. The throttle I came up with could only control speed and direction and would take a lot of work to turn it into a working system, I think the DCS/Legacy/TMCC is the way to go.
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