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When using a calculation formula to predict voltage drop, don't forget to double the length of wire, since the power goes out and back.  This doesn't include track loss--track joints usually make weaker contact as the years go by and, if steel, oxidation sets in.

My experience has been that the difference between transformer output voltage and track voltage at the train is always greater than expected.

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