John Patrick posted:Just getting back into setting up my old Lionel Train. .... Again is there any problem to using the phone wire red hot wire to the 16 gauge accessory bus?
if you do not have many lighted cars and you keep the layout small (8' x 8' or less), prewar or MPC Lionel will run just fine with 16 gauge wire throughout. on a small layout, the number of clean junctions is much more important to power distribution/ loss than run length and 16 gauge is much easier to work with to get the best crimp or solder joints and compared to larger gauges, the delta voltage drop will be in the noise.
