After admiring the offerings of 3rd Rail/Sunset Models for many years, I finally took the plunge and purchased my first 3rd Rail diesel engine. Last night, as I was reading the enclosed manual, I saw a section that said my train contained TMCC, Railsounds ERCC etc, all designed to work with Lionel ZW or equivalent transformers...but not with an MTH Z-1000 transformer. They way this is worded isn't quite clear IMO. Does that mean that the engine itself will not run with a Z-1000? Or is it only these features that won't run with a Z-1000, but the engine itself will run forward and backward in normal conventional mode? (I intend to run this in conventional mode for the time being.) I don't want to ruin the boards or electronic on this expensive item by subjecting it to my own trial and error.
Has anyone else had any experience with running a 3rd Rail engine with a Z-1000? Another option is a Pure Power Dual transformer from MRC that's currently sitting in storage....maybe someone with a greater electrical background than I can tell me whether you can power a 3rd Rail engine with something like this. ( I do have a query in to Sunset Models, but am curious to hear what other Forumites have to say.)
- Mike
