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Yes.  You need an Arduino uno or mega , motor controller shield to mount on it, a DC power supply (wall wart) for the Arduino, and a USB printer cable to attach the Arduino/motor controller to a laptop for programming on a programming track.  The software and setup requires a bit of digging around, but essentially the open source JMRI Decoder Pro is your interface software.  Once you program the decoder with that you can either open a throttle with the device (laptop, etc) you programmed it with or run Wi Throttle which is seen by a wireless device such as your phone or tablet as a network.  Apple and Android both have engine throttle apps that will connect to the JMRI network and from that app you can enter the address of your locomotive (default is 3), turn on the engine power, and run the engine from the wireless device.

If you want to take it a step further you can buy an inexpensive raspberry Pi 4 (which is a tiny but powerful computer) instead of using the laptop or desktop.  It works off of a micro SD card with the entire interface and OS on it and preprogrammed to start the Arduino setup and send out a wireless signal which your phone or tablet can connect to.  That is AFTER programming the loco in the first place.

John

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