Additional O Scale Transformers (Help!)

PhoebeSnowOGR Forum Member

Hello all, I currently have an MTH DCS layout powered by a Z4000, through both handles. On the left, I have a main table with three main loops of track along with some sidings. On the right, I have two simple loops around the ceiling of the room. On the main layout, I have a Lionel Legacy Polar Express with 8 lighted passenger cars, an MTH Premier GP38 with non-powered unit, and a new addition, two MTH Premier Dash-8 engines. Everything has been fine until I got those Dash-8 engines. When all three lines are running at once, the transformer hold for about a minute, and then overloads. In order to fix this, can I just add say another Z1000 brick onto the current TIU input/output? Or do I have to create a new block on the layout and run it out of one of the other TIU outputs?

Any help is sincerely appreciated.

Thanks, PhoebeSnow

11/9/157:36 AM

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