@Ted S posted:Not trying to change your mind. But I think on "real" diesel locomotives, you have to move the handle forward, i.e., left-to-right, to increase the throttle.
Nope.
When seated facing forward, the throttle is off to your left side. You pull them toward the rear of the loco to increase, and shove them toward the front of the loco to decrease. (Thus if turned and facing the control stand, the throttle would move right to left to increase and vice versa.)
It's been that way in all the 1st Gen, 2nd Gen, and "modern" diesels I've run, and been in. (Except for desk top controls. They're in front of you in an awkward position.)
Andre