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Innovation, Interaction, Excitement
In an industry steeped in innovative tradition, model railroading has often taken the lead in bringing realism to the world of miniatures. The concept of remote control was first championed in the toy train category long before the world ever heard or saw radio-controlled airplanes and cars. Operating freight cars, blowing locomotive horns & whistles, smoking train stacks and realistic remote accessory operation have been a part of model railroading since the early 20th century.
Today, incredible advances in remote control and digital sound have raised model railroading to an entirely new level of authentic realism. Of the new technologies, Digital Command Control or DCC has been the dominant form of universal remote control in the HO marketplace for nearly two decades. While the remote control aspect is fun, a truly realistic locomotive needs to be heard and not just seen. After all, a real locomotive lets you know its coming when it's still miles away. Capturing that same effect in model railroading helps recreate the illusion of railroading in a way a silent engine never can.
As an HO enthusiast, you have locomotive choices available to you today that are configured with and without sound, and with and without command control capabilities. An HO locomotive equipped with Proto-Sound 3.0 gives you an unmatched variety of sound and command control options guaranteed to bring your model railroad to life in ways you never imagined before.
Before you can begin operating your empire in command mode, you've got to make a decision on what type of command control protocol you'll use. Fortunately, M.T.H. has equips its HO locomotives with two different command mode receivers which can be operated in different manners depending on which command mode protocol and equipment you plan on using.
There are three different ways to operate M.T.H. HO locomotives in command mode
DCS Digital Command System Commander
