i got my turbo train and set it up to run on my layout, the run in time was explaned in the booklet that came with it my turbo . the front and rear units are powerd i jest have the one car i needed to speed mach the units to run with my r/r co softwere http://www.freiwald.com/pages/index.html i have taken the train apart to hard wire the pick ups and to make it so i can have two units with diffrent address i will take pitchers and keep you updated on the project greg whayman www.newyorkandseven.ca