Al......I understand the horse/mule thing, but the rest of what you said in your post, does that apply to operating all (lionel, williams) electric trains? I get that it might not be a good idea for engines with sensitive electronics, but would the same problems you identified apply to conventional type engines? My thought was just to have the extra power to operate multiple engines on the same large loop without loss of power.
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