For Bob (RSJB18), since you are already running a nice layout in conventional mode with ample juice, adding a CAB1L system should be as simple as connecting the command base to your track and plugging it in. A simple on/off switch could be wired in so that you could easily turn off the command base to run your conventional engines--no need to spend the money on a Powermaster. FWIW, I'm running Legacy/TMCC on an old postwar ZW (275 watt) plugged into a power strip (surge protected). The command base is connected to a different wall outlet (also using a protected power strip), and all I have to do is switch off that power strip to run trains in conventional mode.
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