Thank you for your comments and insights

Which decoder buddy did you choose, Mini, V1B, V5B or V8B and why? 

thanks!

Carl

Yep, been thru all the postings.

Some good information and a lot of nice installations, but really light on on being able to quickly search by mfg / engine / module type / install type (drop in vs major rewire or modifications).

I guess in my case, I'm looking to be able to, in advance of purchase an engine  (new or used ), have idea what a railpro install would entail

Hello everyone!  My name is Roger and I am in the process of construction of a G scale layout.  In April I retired for the second time from the Railway Industry.  40 years providing capital equipment to rail vehicle maintenance facilities globally was a great career.  In my youth I enjoyed HO and N scale layouts before high school, work and college took my time.  I was exposed to a G scale railway about 25 years ago and it was dormant until early this year when I knew I would retire for good. Since then I have spent a lot of time online looking a G scale websites as well as layouts on YouTube.  I have purchased some used equipment and have been learning a lot working on locomotives bringing them back to life.  I learned of RailPro early in my research and liked all of the features with the loading sharing ability possibly the most attractive.  Don Sweet, RCS of New England, shared a lot of information and experience with me about RailPro so I purchased a system.  I am hoping to have my first install complete soon and operating on a local layout.  I live in northern New York and plan to have my own Garden train layout operating before snow flies!

The advanced mode has worked fine as long as the RP loco is the 'lead' loco (though not necessarily in the physical lead position). But that way I can't use the sounds for the lead DCC loco.