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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by howmus</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by archie2</i> <br /><br />I have been using the standard Train Engineer since 1999 or 2000 without any problems whatsoever. I have a medium-sized modular HO layout and do a lot of switching and moving about the layout. For someone who just wants to run one train at a time and doesn't care that much about sound effects and other features, etc. that DCC offers, I recommend it. I have no experience with the HOTE system mentioned earlier. <br /> <br />John Timm <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />If you are using the standard train engineer, you are talking about the non-radio unit. The HOTE system is a radio throttle and receiver and is supposed to be like DCC only using DC. We are talking about two entirely different things. There have been threads in the past about the two. What you have apears to work. What CNW-400 is asking about doesn't! <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Yes, it certainly is a radio controlled unit with a handheld transmitter and a receiver. It is the model 5470. There's pix and a description at the Aristo site. It does not require onboard decoders, hence it is not DCC. It simply regulates power and direction at a distance. <br /> <br />John Timm
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