I am building a legacy O scale Lionel layout and I am interested in incorporating some lighted vehicles. I would like to switch the power to the vehicles from my control panel and not use the plug in converters used in the Menard plug and play system. I would also like to run the power from a central transformer. I am currently using a 1033 during the construction of the layout and will expand that later. I could use transformed ac from app. 5-16 v ac power converted to dc to power the vehicle lights. I don’t know if that makes sense and reduces the cost of ac / dc converters? I am looking for some general thoughts and direction on the power requirement.
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