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I have a PS2 Std. Gauge trolley that hasn't been run in some years...and while I use to power it via a handle on the Z-4000 I've since hooked that transformer to my basement O-gauge layout, and so am in need of a transformer for the trolley. I have a good amount of track ~ around 25 feet in a compressed dog-bone shape - which will go on the living room floor. I am thinking two lock-ons at each end of the dog-bone. Would a Z-1000 (100 watt) transformer be adequate? I don't know if the trolley has one or two motors. It is the Christmas version tinplate Std. gauge. It has headlights as I recall. Does the Z-1000 have accessory terminals? If there's power to spare, I'd like to use it to power the houses, too.

I'll probably run it conventionally, unless I can get my spare TIU to work, then I'll use DCS.

Thanks.

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Does the Z-1000 have accessory terminals? If there's power to spare, I'd like to use it to power the houses, too.

 

Yup.  14V AC.  

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As for 100W being "adequate", someone correct me if I'm mistaken but I believe MTH shipped Z-500 or Z-750 (50/75 Watt) transformers with their "starter sets" that had a twin-motor diesels and several load cars. So if all you have is an "unloaded" trolley, I think you'll be able to light up some houses/buildings and then some! 

 

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I'm looking at a Lionel 1924 catalog (repro).  On the transformer page, they say the Type T, 100 watts, will operate any standard gauge train outfit and that a Type B, 50 watts, would run any O gauge outfit.  Standard gauge outfits included some twin motor locomotives.  50 watts ought to be enough for a single motor pulling no cars.

You might want to check the voltage.  Seems to me that some of those older motors were designed for higher voltage.  All transformers in the days they made standard gauge went up to 25 volts.  Many postwar transformers were 19 volts or less.  Look for a "Trainmaster" Type Q, A or S.

 

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