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OLD DAD: "Chargers" sounds great to me! You guys have me almost talked into trying this. How's this: You might be a Charger if you ask a steamer where he keeps the battery that operates the water pump. Or: You might be a Charger if you ask a Sparkie what all those wires running to the rails are for. chuckstop: Steam is excellent under remote control. Servos for the steam valve and for the reversing lever give you all the control of a sparkie on a transformer for speed, direction and stopping, operation wise anyway. I'm converting my already built steamer to RC now and will publish photos of the conversion when complete. I'm using model airplane servos and gears, which is the way it is usually done for those without it. My NEW steamer CAME with RC and will have it as soon as I get it finished. As to switching, either manual or electric would do. Nothing stops you from wiring your track if you want to for such things as switches and even rotary powered snow plows or other accessory niceties. Most "G" gauge steamers come with insulated wheels so as to be able to run on track that has power in spite of the fact that the loco doesn't need it. If you wi***o run on sparkie track, be sure you have this insulated wheel feature. Also, be sure that when you are invited as a guest to run on a sparkie's layout, he/she is aware that a slight mess from oil may be involved and that YOU will be responsible for cleaning it up. Regards, LDH
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