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Reply to "2 Lionchief questions!!"

for the first question, as GRJ suggests, any of the major brand transformers will do fine for running two Lion chief engines, however I would lean toward buying a current or recent model as opposed to an older postwar style as the newer ones will offer a little more protection should you have a short from a derailment or some such.  

That said, if you want easy, and don't plan on running anything besides Lion Chief ever, Lionel sells a 72 watt DC wall pack that should be enough to power the two engines you mentioned, but not much more than that.  You can also use several of the wall packs that come in the sets together or power each loop from a separate one.  

For number two, if you have no other takers, I wouldn't mind taking a look at the board more out of curiosity than anything.  To be clear, I'm not a train tech, certified or otherwise, but only a hobby level electronics tinker, but I have torn apart a fair share of polar express engines for various projects. It could be something easy to fix, or it could be something not worth the trouble or for which finding a part proves difficult.  Email is in my profile.  Would also help to know what the damaged board does.  Is it completely dead?  do some things work and others not work?  etc.  

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