Klaus,
Thank you, thank you.? It worked perfectly.? notch 0 (idle) goes from step 0 to 0, notch 1 (run1) goes from step 1 to 12, and so on up to run8.
I did remove <idle-notch>1</idle-notch>.? ?Much success and a great sound.? The ALCO V16 251 is so different than the GE and EMD engines.
Conrad