I want to add MyLocoSound to a Kalamazoo 0-4-0T and it looks like inside the cab roof is the best place for the speaker. Has anyone tried an iPhone speaker? They are flat and highly evolved, I assume.

  I've been playing with Airwire a bit in my spare time and I've come across a very cheap way to build an Airwire compatible receiver. It will drive any large scale DCC decoder using battery power. No programming, just hookup a few modules that you can get from Ebay and Amazon and it works.  All together it costs about $30 (without the decoder obviously)  It does require a bit of soldering and a voltmeter but it's pretty easy.  If you are interested, I've put together a se...

Over at MyLiveSteam (as someone called it recently) there is a list of Peter Kaisan's huge collection of live steam locos that is being sold by Sam DiMaggio for his widow. https://forums.mylargescale.com/138-live-steam/89752-peter-kaisan-estate-sale.html

Aloha,   Because I cannot have enough projects, especially those involving defunct LGB battery powered m2075, I thought I'd start a new - hopefully easier - one.  In essence, the IR controller,  on  crew's LGB battery-operated m2075 no longer works.  As the sound card failed much earlier, my plan is to rip the whole thing out and replace it with a DPDT switch and manual speed controller.   Most, like the one here (https://www.mpja.com/DC-Motor-Control-with-Reversi...