r/c molly controller info

This is the only r/c train I have, we never got another one because hes super slow (we didn't know there was a 3 speed version, which I might look into getting later on) the boys like him anyways. I cannot seem to find the track that switches his face, I have several trackmaster track pieces but not that one, ugh.

I also remember seeing a Diesel 10 like this in the stores, and possibly a Percy aswell. Sorry about the extra junk in the photos, I'm currently trying to fix up an old Edward using a James donor train.

I just won another auction of junk trains and I think it has a bunch of r/c trains in it with no remotes.

I tried using the remote on Molly with no success. I took Molly apart to see how she works and when i was looking for her radio crystal trying to find her frequency, it turns out that there not really remit control in the same way like on a r/c car. They work more like the remote on your tv. So I'm guessing each character has its own "code" and they just program every remote and character with the same code which to me is great, because you could own every r/c character and never have any interference running at the same time.

I took the remote and pointed it at my cell phone and turned on the camera (great way to test any remote by the way) and there was a different pattern that flashed for forward, reverse and stop.

If I'm correct any remote as long as its in the same character, it should work, now the code used might have changed between manufacturers especially with the newest ones not needing a tender to supply power to the train.

Again I could be totally wrong because I currently dont have anyway to test the theory untill I get some parts.