Running DCS engines on a currently-TMCC layout

raising4daughtersOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I got the itch to add some Imperial Rail King engines after seeing my brother-in-law's MTH engines around Christmas. Gives me some options I don't have in semi-scale with TMCC 1.0 or LC+.

I'm using mostly postwar transformers with Lionel Powermasters which allow me to run conventional engines with my CAB1 while also acting as fast-acting circuit breakers.

My plan is to add a TIU and cable to connect to the command base as my brother-in-law has done. But he has a Z4000 tranformer. Am I going to have any issues with DCS given my power sources? I've read that MTH engines might not like chopped sine waves, and I believe the powermasters convert the transformers' full sine wave to chopped.

For now, I'm just looking to run engines. Down the road, I may add a Legacy/TMCC or DCS controller to control switches or accessories but, for now, I'd just like to run my TMCC 1.0, my one LC+, and conventional with some new MTH RKs on the same layout.

2/19/197:20 AM

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