@AmFlyer posted:MTH did a good job redesigning the F to fit in DCS. They even managed to fit in a control station, an engineer and a fireman. The DCS system seems to be more compact than the current TMCC, Railsounds and Cruise Commander boards. The motor location must be low and centered, that likely was key to getting it all in the F.
Tom, I am fully with you, I just hope they do not lock into a physical arrangement that makes a retrofit harder than necessary.
The basic "bones" of the SHS drive was unchanged. The cab interior was already there, as is the low mounting of the motor. I don't recall exactly what the SHS F-unit frame looked like, but it may have been taller in spots.
But, in SHS's time, there were 5 options available: Conventional DC, Conventional AC, DCC, DCC w/Sound and the departed and not lamented Loco-Matic AC w/Sound system, all easily swapped out thanks to the 8-pin standard socket.
Rusty
