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Cheese3 - Now we're talking! Some background: I'm a mechanical engineer, and wiring things doesn't scare me. Designing a circuit does. You know - I could probably just pull the Pot and switches out of the MRC power pack and use those. I'll just have to buy a small electrical box to house it in - shouldn't be a problem at all. In effect, I'll have an MRC power pack with an extension chord to the throttle & switches! I could use beefy wires to keep the resistance down from all the extra wiring. Jetrock - sounds like you'll go to DCC at some point. Hmmm.... Decisions, Decisions. The truth is, $150 or $200 or whatever for DCC isn't that bad, but I don't want my model railroading hobby to go the way of all other technical gadgets in life - where you buy something, then it's outdated in 2 years. I really hate that. Check this out - I just looked at DVD players at target a couple days ago. No-name brand: $35. Name Brand: $55. One was 1/4 the size of mine that's only like 2 years old. NOTE: I'm not the guy who buys stuff when it's new - my brother-in-law spent $500 on his first DVD player several years ago, and it can't play half of the new DVD's! I don't want to be in that boat with DCC. Yeah, yeah, it's standardized, right? I'm sure DVD players were too - that business is much more serious than model railroading. I may very well go DCC, just trying to make sure it makes sense. But my upgrade path will likely go: MRC power pack to MRC power pack with walkaround throttle to DCC. Maybe by the time I make it to DCC, it will be $50 instead of $200. I can certainly say a DCC system is way simpler than a DVD player! The cost has to come down as it becomes more popular.
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