Question: I recently purchased an O scale 4-6-4 Royal Hudson MTH Trains #20-3313-1 and am in the process of trying to get an O scale layout up and running.
(I only own one other loco, a very old Lionel 2-6-4 027 scale, so I'm basically starting from scratch. I still have my old Lionel transformer for a power supply.)
I do, however, have a medium size HO layout complete with an NCE Power Pro DCC system.
First, would someone please confirm that the MTH decoder or system in my O scale loco will essentially only work well and perform well with the MTH DCS system ?
I get the impression that the locomotive won't do much with any other controller.
Second, if I remove the MTH decoder and replace it with a DCC decoder, will I be able to run the locomotive and have a full range of features including sound ?
And is that even possible or practical?
I'm trying to decide if I should try to modify the MTH O scale loco and run the O scale layout with my NCE Power Pro system OR just bite the bullet and buy an MTH 50-1001 DCS controller and have two separate controls - one for my HO layout and one for my O layout.
Any comments and/or suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thanks. John.
