Thanks, Roy, for another high quality video, showing the new wi-fi control. By the way, I love your UP 844 engine! I have a real soft spot for the steam era, ever since I was a pre-schooler and my dad brought out for Christmas his pre-war Lionel O-scale that he'd gotten as a kid. It had an extended figure-8 layout where he ran one end under the tree and it even had a whistle unit in the tender and a remote turnout with rotating indicator lamp to a siding. Total joy!

When I put my WiFiTrax adapter in I found out I had a problem with my PowerCab. The folks at WiFiTrax were extremely helpful in troubleshooting my system and NCE got it taken care of very quickly. Both are great products from great companies, and the WiFiTrax was a quick and relatively painless way to go wireless on my railroad.

This is a fabulous addition to an NCE system and I recently installed one too. I live in Australia but travel regularly and first heard about this in a hobby store in Tucson Arizona. When I got back home I decided to buy one and realised Steve of WifiTrax lives just a few minutes away from me. What a small world. Great review Roy.

Ahh! This is what I was looking for Roy. I thought your video on this was a couple of years ago, and I've been looking way back when!

Hi Roy, I am glad that everything worked out with your purchase of the WFD30. You gave a very good overview of the system. It certainly is a lot less expensive than the NCE radio control system. Both Steve Shrimpton at WifiTrax and Ryan at Iron Planet Hobbies are great to work with and truly support their products and sales......John

Welcome to wireless Roy. I got a suggestion for those electrics boards. Take an extra piece of wood board. Attach two hinges to it or a piano hinge. Fasten it to you fascia board and mount all your electronics to it. You could create small post and latch from scrap wood. Then you can tilt it up under the layout to protect it. You can drop it down when you need to work on your electrics. That way, nobody snags your electronics when operating the trains and it makes for a nicer looking install.

Roy, you definitely keep up with the latest in technology!. I will probably not go wi-fi on my layout but its good to know it is an option for the future, Justin Case! haha! I truly enjoy your videos, You are my favorite Model Railroading channel!

Hi Roy, Thank you for the video. I will probably will not be converting the Long Valley Branch to WiFi because of it's small size, but I have been running trains "remotely" on a friends layout using my WiFi "Engine Driver" app on my Android phone. The technical advancements in our hobby over the past 30 years are simply amazing. I'm now able to sit at my home and using my computer as a monitor and my phone as a throttle, operate a train on a friends layout that is physically 223 miles away from my home. Also Roy thank you for the information on the TCS WiFi throttle. Since these folks are fellow Pennsylvanians, I like to support them as much as possible. Shameless plug, but I simply love their CN and CN-GP decoders for older Atlas / Kato locomotives with the split light boards. The CN and CN-GP decoders are not plug and play, but unlike most hard wired decoders, the CN and CN-GP have LED's right on the boards and those boards replace the split light boards. So there is no need to find replacement lights for the headlights and numberboard lights. Now the disclaimer, I'm not associated in any way with TCS, just a satisfied customer. Cheers, Rich S.

That's pretty neat Roy! I might have to get one of these for when friends come over to operate. - Jason

Roy glad you like it 👍I've used Engine Driver on my Android phone both NCE and Digatrx and loved it even used the consisting so mush easier than with the throttle. .. with this being this easy I can't believer ever running trains another way....

Roy - Great video. I installed one of these a couple of months ago. I’m thrilled not to be tethered to my layout as it opens up some awesome new views of my running trains.

It's good to see you running your trains, Roy.

Connected this to my NCE system about 6 months ago. Very easy to do. Just make sure your NCE system has the most current firmware. I had to upgrade my PowerCab and my SmartBooster. That was also easy to do.

Glad to see a new video from you Roy, hope your feeling well in the New Year.

Roy I just seen you video on operating trains using WiFi wireless. It is very informative and when I make the decision to go wireless I will be visiting Litchfield Station in Avondale, AZ which sells many model railroad electronics and electrical items for the model railroaders. This will take place once I go wireless and have my second Level all set up. Kato will have the Big Boy 40414 in N scale by mid year this year. I recently bought the 160 years service Microtrains 60 ft. Union Pacific boxcar which brings my freight car inventory to 106 freight cars.

Hello Roy it is nice to see other ways of doing things. I am a heavy JMRI user and have Wi Throttle setup on JMRI so I can control my trains using the app on my iphone. This looks very interesting.

Hi Roy, great job showing of the WFD-30. They really are a great device. You can also use the ESU Mobile Control II throttle running Engine Driver.

Very amazing technology Roy. Thanks for making me aware of the product.

Great to see that all works with WiFi on your Layout. I'm using EngineDriver for Android to control my DC trains on my track. At the moment I can Control 2 trains on the maintrack. It's lots of fun to do

Thanks mr Roy for sharing and for the demo. Very cool device. Have fun! 🚂😀😀😀😀

🇧🇷🚂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Great Roy!! Nice explication!! Congratulation!!

Wifi is the way to go in my opinion. I looked into this card but found that JMRI and an old router would better suit me. But really, what's best for you is what matters. Especially if you can get cheap devices to run either App. Thanks for sharing Roy! - Cameron

This is pretty cool! I will most likely end up doing this when I move in to my new place

Very nice Roy. I use the digitrax myself and really enjoyed it.

Hi Roy, great you have it, Have mine for 2 years now and very happy with it. Im on androyd and used 2 cell phone an old one that I keept after change it for a new one. That give me more engines to run Thake

👍 thanks for this product awareness, it looks simple to set up , I'm not Teck savy, But this looks simple I'll keep en eye open for this looks almost like a plug and play system.. thanks

This is really cool stuff! My trains aren't well suited to DCC (Japanese domestic stuff doesn't accommodate it as a matter of course and EMUs would require no fewer than 3 decoders per trainset to function properly) but it's great to see the tech progress and become more convenient. I hope more affordable and straightforward conversion solutions will emerge on the market in time.

This is great info. I'll have to try this on the droid. Moving right along with the new build, and very happy with the plan.

Really cool there my friend

Hi ya Roy. Very cool. Thanks for the info.

Nice video Roy!

Hi Roy... that was a very interesting and informative video.. I can see where if you have a wired plug in system it is a perfect upgrade.. I have a NCE ProCab wireless system so Im not sure what I would gain other than the cool factor but neat none the less... take care. DD 😜

Nice video Roy very informative however I'm on my phone 6 days a week and the last thing I want to do is use my phone to run my trains, LOL. But it looks like a good system. Gary

Great information Roy and it looks pretty easy. I remembered seeing John's video about this product as well. I already have an NCE Pro-Cab wireless system that I use on my layout. However, I wonder if this would be something I could add to my current layout so guess operators could use their own cell phones as a wireless throttle. Also, I wonder if there is a certain limit to how many wireless wifi cell phone throttles it can handle. I guess these are items I need to do some research on. Thanks, Tony

Roy, thanks for a system I can possibly use. I have a basic nce system and no jmri. I have an android phone. Hopefully it will work out for me.👍!

Wow didnt even know this existed.

Looks like fun Roy but nothing will ever convert me from DC !!! Goodness knows I have enough trouble with that after 60 years of using it. Cheers, Bob

This is really neat Roy. I already use the NCE wireless system with my sb5. I wonder if this would work with that. ? I’ll have to look into it

Nice, things are getting better. Thanks for the video. Now the 10.00 payment is that a one time deal or is it monthly?

Eventually I will probably do a couple wifi throttles on the barn layout, mainly for the through trains that will require a lot of walking for the crew. But I am not likely to ever fully go wifi throttle.

Hi Roy,, this looks like a great and easy way to get Wi-Fi for the layout. What is the difference between the free app and the 10$ app did you have to buy the app to use the Wi-Fi system?

Hi Roy, thanks for sharing this amazing new tech with us. I just bought one right after watching this video. Quick question... I understand that you are using NCE Switch Kat for your turnouts, just wondering if you are able to program (per WiThrottle manual you need to add them to JMRI turnout table) the WiThrottle while using the app only? Thanks in advance. Louis

On your recommendation, Roy, I just received my own WFD-30; not hooked up yet. I'm wondering, what is that big unit at the left of everything, with a long coiled cord apparently for use with the NCE PCP panel? This looks like an easier solution than mounting additional PCP panels to reach more distant locations, even with my small 4 x 8 layout.

Way cool, Roy! Going mobile! WiFi seems like a good way to go. No more hassle with cords. Does this require a fast WiFi?

Congratulations on going WiFi! I've thought about doing this too and probably will. Are there any security recommendations from WiFiTrax to keep your home network safe?

First!

Is the app available on Android phones?

I'm still not a convert to DCC but maybe I'll be doing it when I'm 75! 😂

already trains (like Lionel) are by passing this old complicated setup by having blue tooth built right in...turn on, run off your phone

Far to long between videos. You have been missed. Why NEC vs Digitraks? Cliff notes version.

This system is just incredible , I use DIGITRAX , and ANDROID phones , I can use up to 4 telephones at the same time , so when you have visitors they can use their phones if they download the app . I use old telephones and it work with too . Easy to recharge too .