I would like to use one single power supply to run my trains, but I am not ready to spring for a DCS system at this time. I have more invested at this point than I should, and need to practice severe austerity measures for awhile.
Right now I have a track power cord with a barrel plug on the track end, and with red and black banana plugs on the transformer end. When I run my Lionel conventional train, I plug the banana plugs into the CW-80, but when I run my MTH BNSF Remote Commander train, I have to move the banana plugs to the Remote commander receiver which has the MTH Z-500 power brick plugged into it.
Would it be safe, and proper take another Barrel/Banana Plug cord and go from the CW-80 into the MTH Remote Commander Receiver and then to the track? My thinking is that it would then allow me to either run the Lionel Conventional with the CW-80 throttle, or with the conventional parked on a blocked siding, open up the throttle and run the MTH Remote Commander train with the remote.
Note: I am aware that the MTH receiver would be powered at all times, where it wasn’t before.
Is there anything that I am missing here that would cause any problems?
Thanks,
Roger
