Staying in control
I’m a little ashamed to admit this. Until I came to Classic Toy Trains, I’d never run an O or S gauge train – well, any train, really – with my smartphone using an app. I was a strict adherent to conventional control, or at least used a fixed box or dedicated controller. To me, moving the throttles and pressing the buttons was just part of the deal. I see from our surveys running trains with transformers is important to a lot of you, too. Conversely, I also recognize many of you have embraced command control. There’s a ton to love about it, especially the sound and locomotive functions. There was a time I wasn’t sure I needed all that stuff. Moving sliders on the face of my phone to get trains…
