Thanks to all of the great advice I have received so far, I have decided to get an LW trainmaster transformer, or an SW transformer, for the primary purpose of running two trains (only about 5 cars each), on the same track.
First off, I have extensive experience with the SW transformer, thanks to the fact that my idiot father ( a Doctor) ran out and bought me a Super-O set for Christmas when I was 10 years old. I was never able to expand that oval much, due to the fact that a single manual switch cost $18 and an electric switch was $25 (in 1966 dollars!) My Dad, knowing nothing about trains, just ran to the train store on Christmas Eve, and told the salesman that he wanted the biggest and best. ( After that, he had his neighbor set if up for me on a sheet of plywood, and then he was done with the whole thing. Thanks Dad.)
The SW transformer looked both modern, cool, and retro, all of the same time. But dang, that thing was really really loud! It made a buzzing sound (like you hear in movies for electric chair executions) whenever you turned it on, or reversed directions. That green light in the center was really neat though.
Maybe the LW does the same?
I guess that the SW, since it has two throttles, would be more flexible, since I could run a separate track line off of it. But dang, that SW is obnoxious sounding.
So, which would you recommend? They seem to cost about the same in VG condition.
Thanks,
Mannyrock
if you can't swing a KW/VW.
