Here's my $20 meter from WalMart, what I call the poor man's Fluke meter. My son has a $169 Fluke I can borrow the next time he visits.
I will be able to compare amp readings then.
One of my passenger trains is a PS1 MTH hudson, which draws way less amps than a PW lionel engine.
The other is a 1992 AF MoPac set, (Missouri-Pacific) which also would draw less amps than a PW set.