Personally, I noticed that our trains ran better when I converted to Lionel 180w and 135w bricks about 15 years ago. Based on that experience I have gravitated towards modern power sources and generally find the trains run better with them. I like the bricks but a new ZW (pricey and powerful but you will be one and done) or z4000 would likely do better with your postwar than a period correct transformer and you will have the benefit of modern circuit protection.
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