GNERR posted:Nice work Trainman2!!
Thank you for sharing that. I was on another path trying to power a Railpro board from a regulated circuit powered by track power. It’s a different animal and I have not been successful.
My requirements are similar to yours with having the need to run older TMCC engines. Another requirement of mine is using operating boxcars and dumpers. This means AC power needs to be on the rails - I don’t want to convert everything to another system.
I will take another look at Airwire.
Thanks again.
Larry
Glad to help. The initial investment will be a little over $400 including the handheld. Airwire basically has the lcd screen unit with or without backlighting, and the backlighting is about $30 more. I got the one with the backlight, as my train room only has single bulb overhead lights, but you might not need that if yours has good lighting.
Airwire has a less expensive handheld, but it can only run trains, it can't program them. This is good if you have operating sessions, and have several people running trains at once.
Finally, Stanton S-cab has a set of decoders that are modified tsunami Soundtraxx units that can operate with the Airwire handheld. Stanton makes his own handheld, but like the cheaper Airwire, it mainly runs, and has limited programmability.
What railroads do you model? That might also dictate which brand of sound you need.
