Thanks! One option is to sell some items from your collection that is never used. The ProtoThrottle is a great investment for your layout that makes operations so much more fun than the traditional controllers. Tim

Thanks!

Thanks Robert!

Thanks Chris! I’ have plans to make another video later this summer to show how to operate it like a pro. Stay tuned!

Thanks! Hopefully this video helps with getting yours set up. Be sure to check out some of my earlier programming videos as well. Tim

Thanks!

Thanks Bill! Good to know I have a fellow PT member out there. :)

Thank you! Yes the ProtoThrottle is a game changer when it comes to operations.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks!

Thats great Kevin! If you haven’t purchased a DCC system yet I would recommend using NCE. And I would also suggest using ESU LokSound decoders in your locomotives. You can’t go wrong. They are the best in my opinion.

@@SeaboardCentral I'm really glad to hear you say that, Tim! A friend had a "spare" NCE Power Pro wireless starter set, minus the wireless Pro Cab (a long story). He kindly gave it to me, and for the cost of the power transformer and a regular PRO Cab, I'm in business! Because of your use of NCE, as well as some "local" friends who also use it, I was leaning hard toward NCE, but a "free" system (at least most of one) sealed the deal. Now I'm exploring wireless options, so your video couldn't have been better timed!

Thanks Mike! Glad I could help. I’ve also got a couple of decoder programming videos on the channel if you haven’t seen them.

I’m going go back and watch those again. I got my proto throttle 2 years ago when I first started watching your videos and had to have one!!

Thanks Dave!

Glad this video helped you out!

Thanks! I love mine. Never even bother with the old controllers now. The ProtoThrottle adds a whole new level of fun when it comes to operations.

@@SeaboardCentral I love the interface. My problem is with DCC. It's just old tech. I've been working on decoders that don't need a command station.

Thanks Mike. I made a couple of videos on programming a locomotive that goes along with this. Here’s a link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d558lNRovamcmmg.html

@@SeaboardCentral Tim, I remember that episode. I was just thinking a project might help wrap everything together. Great walkthough of the decoder settings.

Thanks Tom! I tried to hit the highlights.

Thanks for watching! You should find someone who owns one to try out so you can compare it to your current throttles. I don’t see the price dropping due to the cost of manufacturing but then we never know.

Thanks for watching!

Check this out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d558lNRovamcmmg.html

@@SeaboardCentral Thank ya, Tim!

Thanks! The ProtoThrottle will work with ESU, Soundtraxx and TCS decoders. The only thing is that the Function Table needs to be the same for each brand. For me, I settled on one brand of decoder for all my units. Personally, I think the ESU decoders are a perfect fit for the ProtoThrottle. I think the Tsunami 2 decoders with their digital dynamic exhaust is a great fit for those Railfan model railroaders who just want to sit back and let their trains run. Just a suggestion, I would use your ESU decoder equipped engines with the ProtoThrottle for your yard and local service trains and your Tsunami decoder units with your regular controllers for your Road trains.

@@SeaboardCentral Thank Tim 👍.

Thanks! Yes, you can still use your other controllers at the same time. No issues.

Good to know! Thanks!

It was a feature that was talked about when the project was first started. The idea behind it was that it would create a different speed curve to simulate a light load verses a heavy tonnage train. I don’t use it and am really unsure if it ever was perfected.

I actually limit the speeds on my locomotives depending on what service they are assigned. For example, all of my yard service locomotives are maxed out at 12 mph. I achieve this at notch 5. All of my road units are maxed out at 18 mph which I achieve at notch 8. For me personally I don’t like to see model trains sprinting around tight curves because it destroys the realism I am after. On the prototype, I have to follow speed limits just like people do on the streets. Yard and Industrial trackage is limited to 10 mph. Depending on the degree of curve or limitations of the track, speeds are reduced on the mainline. So the settings on the ProtoThrottle which would restrict the models speed are actually a plus for me. On programming side, I program all my units with the same function table so it will correspond to the settings on the ProtoThrottle. To see more of how I program my locomotives to operate like the prototype be sure to see some of my earlier programming videos. It may answer a lot of questions. Tim

@@SeaboardCentral On a real SD40-2 or GP38-2, RUNNING LIGHT, approximately what speeds correspond with each throttle notch? I realize that adding tonnage is going to change that, but for sake of comparison... Thanx, Rick

@@Bardwell_Junction on a real GP38-2 or SD40-2 moving around by themselves you can get up to speed pretty quickly. You can be doing 10+ mph in notch two in a few seconds. Now if you add about 2,000 tons behind a single GP38-2 then you might not even get it to budge until notch three or four.

@@SeaboardCentral Thank you, that really helps to understand it all a little better

I always say my day job is research for my model railroad.

@@SeaboardCentral Absolutely. When my son was young we got to ride along with a CSX crew numerous times. Talk about FUN!!

They are about the same price as two sound equipped locomotives.

Depends on how much you use it. I use rechargeable batteries and I can get mine to last a couple of months between charging. That’s probably operating a total of an hour or two a week though. If I was retired an ran the layout every day then I probably would have to replace them every three weeks.

There are some online dealers in the US that will ship to Brazil. I am not sure what the shipping charges would be. What kind of DCC System do you have? You will need to also get the adapter for your DCC system and that is separate. For example, I use NCE DCC system.

www.iascaled.com/store/ProtoThrottle $499.00 US

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