02-14-2011, 09:34 PM
We use wireless E-Z Dcc on the modular club. The biggest problem is that the maximum # of throttles wireless will support is 7 or 8. When we have a really big layout set up, people end up standing in line waiting for a throttle to run trains. I liked the set up on the La Mesa Club Tehachapi layout when I was invited to run there. They have an NCE system, and some members bring in their own wireless throttles, but the club throttles are all plug in type. The throttle has a plug on about an 18 inch cord if I remember correctly, I know it wasn't very long. You plug in to your block and start your train, then unplug and walk to the next block where you plug in and wait to see if you keep a green signal or get a red and need to stop. If you keep the green, you just unplug and go to the next station following your train. Whatever it was doing when you unplugged it continues to do until you plug in and tell the train to do something different.