"Drivin' diesel, drivin' steam,
Clickity clack down the tracks of my dreams."
Who Am I (Rollin' by) copyrighted by Arnold D. Cribari, 2015
Do you enjoy, occasionally, maybe exclusively, to drive your conventional trains from the transformer throttle?
Well, I still do, occasionally.
Don't get me wrong. I am enamored with the modern engines with speed control, especially mid-priced (can't afford top of the line VisionLine) MTH PS 2 & 3 running on DCS, and I have a few of the less expensive ($700 range) Legacy.
One of the benefits of speed control is, while you're alone, simultaneously running your trains and making videos of them. As you all know, you simply set the transformer throttle at 17 volts and do a relatively easy juggling act with your hand held remote and smartphone camera to run the train, blow the whistle, ring the bell, and make a video of it.
However, if one is not making a video of the train, I find it's still fun to drive a high quality conventional engine from the transformer throttle as I did early this morning.
Below is an early model MTH Pre-Protosounds Conrail diesel running conventionally. It's a great puller, very quiet (perfect for me to run while my wife is asleep) hauling freight:
Do you still enjoy drivin' your conventional trains from the transformer throttle? If so, tell us about it. Arnold