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Power & Control / Re: Old lionel O gauge power question
« on: June 05, 2018, 03:24:53 pm »
I have a run of 3 rail tubular Lionel track around the wall of my office near the ceiling. It is a 15 x 10 ft rectangle, divided into 4 sections. Three of the sections have sidings using a pair of 022 switches to access the main line. I am using lockons on each section and all go to a ZW 275 with 22AWG single strand wire. I control each section of track separately through a control panel. Each section on the control panel has an LED light, an on/off toggle switch and a n/c push button momentary switch for direction control. After getting everything hooked up and working correctly I have a serious power problem. My 736 Berkshire will barely crawl at full throttle with only 7 postwar cars. What would you suggest to maximize and evenly distribute the current?


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