Good afternoon all, new here.  Looking for help programing BLI Paragon2 steam.  

Any one experienced a "run away" ?  I have had two locomotives do it.  My buddy has had the same problem with three.  An acquaintance had one.  Cannot say for the acquaintance on his experience.

My bud and I use the NCE Power Cab.  I do our programing with Decoder Pro 3.  I have contacted NCE, and was advised to turn off the answerback sound and turn off BEMF.  BLI advised, set that. 

One of the big surprises I saw covered at the NTS was Bachmann bringing samples of an all new tooling HO scale GG1 to the show. Looking at the photos of the sample, this looks like a pretty nice model so far. They said it will also have a sound value Tsunami option as well as non-sound versions. The best part is that this will probably be available for less then $200 with sound, which is about half the price of the MTH (the MTH does have DCC operated pans though). 

I've read in several places that describe GE locomotives as "temperamental" and sometimes "inferior", is there actual grounds to that or is it just a case of "used to EMD's and reluctant to change"?

just curious,

                    Skoti

Since I came back to this hobby after a hiatus, I been paying attention to more train spotting. No comes the question. Is there a "cheat sheet" or something I can use easily on my phone to help me identify the locomotives. If I had something I could use to help me identify them easier, it would make this alot better. I don't want to carry a book around with pictures, or cards. My phone is with me all the time now and if I had an app or something I could refer to, that would make it better.