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Jeremy, I operate trains on the Prince William Modular Railroad Club layout when we setup for shows. While running trains, I become familiar with the peculiarities of the layout. Where the track is smooth we can run faster, where there may be a problem we will tend to slow down a bit in the event of a problem. It's a maintainance issue with the individule modules that can't easily be corrected during the show. Other reasons to adjust the speed of the train would be to keep pace with other trains on the layout. Sometimes we will operate with rules of maintaining a certain number of modules between trains as a safety measure to avoid collisions. Other reasons to operate the hand controller may be to operate other functions on the locomotive, i.e. horn, ditch lights. Ken, D&J Railroad, Stafford, VA
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