excellent response Scott, exactly what I was looking for. Ripping the controls out and starting over would be fine as far as the work required, especially with the available room under the hood in an O gauge unit. After packing all this stuff in HO units, it might be fun to try. The smoke unit I could go either way on but I need to understand the interface with the remote couplers. It would be great to hear if anyone here has done such a conversion o rknow what the requirements of the coupler set up is.
Kind regards