I now have CTI's TrainBrain controlling the loco programmatically, playing sounds, interacting with the layout to move the turnouts.

You can see the layout panel, controls for the turnouts on the left, DCC throttle for the loco on the right, Quick keys for executing programs, the multimedia players where the loco sounds are played (my loco does not have sound capabilities) and the tcl editor on the bottom right where you can program the sequence of actions to be played.

CTI's TrainBrain is really cool. Now, for some programming fun, where I can see the impact of the program on my railroad as I change my program. Kudos to CTI for creating hardware and software that provides you lots and lots of flexibility.