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Basically, there are a few schools of thought here.

If going only command control and no conventional ever, then use the 180 watt power house bricks and a lot of people do that.

If you need variable voltage and conventional whistle and bell controls:

180 Bricks with Legacy Powermasters is one way.

A ZW-L- personally not my favorite but if you want the big "L" this is the flagship.

My personal opinion is the Z4000 is better suited, gives you 2 variable channels, nice voltage and amperage meters and is compatible should you ever get some MTH in your fleet of trains. There is supposed to be another new batch of them coming in. Yes, I know, not the big "L", but for the most part, I'm not impressed with many of the Lionel controls (example GW-180 or CW-80).

Again, if you want remote control capability and variable channels over Legacy, then Legacy Powermaster(s) or ZW-L meets those requirements.

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