What are your sources of power?

TWO MTH Z-4000's and TWO MTH Z-1000's.

On my layout, I currently have 2 postwar ZW's, and am considering adding a LW for accessories.

 

If anything goes wrong, I have two more LW's, several CW-80's, and many smaller transformers.

Two ZW's, 3 Z's, 1 12B, 1 KW, 2- 1033's, 2- 1044's, 5-8B's and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

"My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure." I also use a Z4000, a postwar SW, and spinach.

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I drink Milk, "it's good for the mind, the body and the soul".  I also use two (2) post war ZW's.  I'm getting ready though to purchase a ZW-L.  Won't Lionel be pleased.  

 

Bo

 

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1-Z4000 and handful of AA batteries.

 

the woman who loves theS.F.5011

Tiffany

I use 7 Post War ZW's.  One for accessories, 6 for trains.

 

Paul Edgar

4 CW80s, 1 TW and 1 PW ZW.  Now that I have the ZW the CW80 are about to get kicked off the island.

 One KW on the test track. One large home built causing rolling blackouts on the power grid,

4 Z's, 1 V, 1 30B, 1 KW, plus an old type T for lighting and 2 1033's for testing/workbench.

The overhead loop has a Lionel 180 watt brick with TMCC and DCS.

 

The switching layout has a PW ZW with TMCC.

 

The big layout has a ZW-C with 4 180 watt bricks and a Z4000, Conventional, TMCC/Legacy and DCS.

I just replaced a PW 1033 that I've had for more than 50 years, a 40 watt I picked up in a Walmart set a few years ago, and an old dc transformer used for lighting all with a PW ZW I picked up at a trainshow in December.

I've waited a long time for a ZW.

 

Steve

Lionel ZW (with external breakers), MTH Z750, and MTH Z1000 for trains. MTH Z500, MPC trainmaster transformer, life like accesory transformer, and a 90's Lionel 40 watt transformer for lighting and switches. 

"I can call spirits from the vasty deep" - Owen Glendower

The Christmas layout has a ZW-c with 2-135 watt bricks.  The permanent layout has 180 watt brick, 135 watt brick, and a 150 watt V.  For bench work I use a TW. The permanent layout is getting an upgrade to the ZW-L.

It's amazing how many transformers we all have plugged in for our layouts. I use;

3 Lionel 180 PH for layout
K-line multi tap Power Chief 120 for switches and accessories
PW ZW for lighting
Lionel 90 watt type 1033. Variable accessory
CW 80. Accessories
2. RW110. Lighting
Lionel 90 watt 1033. In workbench
Wall wart for TIU
Wal wart LED display monitor

That's it....hoping to get the New ZW.

• ZW-L --> my two biggest two mainlines
• Z4000-->for one mainline, and through a 6 amp rectifier to DC and a polarity DPDT switch to  "country road" 'Streets loop
• CW-80 running my boat-on-lake 
• Tech III (variable chopped 16 V DC) - downtown 'Streets loop 1
• Four Lifelike DC (cheap little things, like came with 'Streets RTR)

1 - downtown 'Streets loop 2

2 - downtown 'Streets loop 3

3 - country road 'streets loop 2

• CW-80 on workbench
• Lifelike DC supplier on workbench
• CW-80 (2) on lower shelf just in case. 

I use 3 Z1000's going thru my TIU for my track power and 2 ZW's for accessories.

3 Z4000

1 ZW

Dow Jones

Since we need about a Jigawatt of power we use

 

19 Z4000's for track power

8 MRC O27 dual for AC lighting & accessories

6 Crest 10 amp DC power supplies for relays and DC lighting

Two Z4000's and Legacy Command.  That's all I require.  Does everything I need.  I use a Z4000 controller for conventional running.  

I use a classic Post War ZW for track power, a KW for lights and accessories, and a Pre-War Type R phased with the ZW for switches and Operating Tracks.

 

Jon

As pictured.  Track power is (2) Parallel Lionel PH 135's (lower left) Controlled by (2) TPC 400's, silver boxes (lower right). Accessory power (upper left) is a commercial Transformer wired (12 Volts, with 750 watts) of power available.  All layout power is from the lower left wall outlet.

 

 

2 MTH Z-1000s (both VERY close to 10 years old and still working like the day I bought them new) do the job here. The juice goes into the TIU and then out to the track. I run DCS only on the whole layout. 

Besides the Kryptonite , I'm using:

2 Lionel PowerHouse 180 watt bricks for track power

2 K-Line PowerChief 120F's for switch machines and AC accessories

1 300 watt computer powersupply and 1 235 watt computer powersupply for lights (DC)

Wall wart for TMCC command base and TMCC modules

 

George

It is indeed amazing how many transformers we use--I thought I used a lot, but some of these lists . . . especially the partridge in the pear tree.  How do you hook that up to the track, anyway? 

 

One Z4000, two postwar ZW's (but one is on the fritz); three RW's, one LW, and a 50-watt Marx transformer that lights the lights in Plasticville.

That is a lot of power potentially: 19 Z4000s alone is 7.6 kW at full output (about as much as a central AC unit) and normally requiring four 20-amp 120 V circuits.  I imagine you are using that many partly to get a large number of separately controllable outputs (38 to be exact, if you need that many). 

 

I added up my layout's total and it comes to only 1.4 kW - not even quite as much as the electric heater that I have in my trainroom for really cold winter days (like today).

What I have right now.  It all comes on at once by turning on a power strip.  My two year old Grandson loves to do it.

 

Going to change things up with the ZW-L though.

 

Down low.  Spaghetti wiring at its best-but it works. 

 

Up high.  Table top.  A little neater.

 

At this time I'm using, three Lionel Z type, two Lionel KW, one Lionel TW, one MTH Z4K. two MTH Z1K & one MTH Z750. Plus another Z4K to go "on-line" in the near future.

ZW-L for the layout and ZW for the accessories/switches.

 

Neal Jeter

Lionel ZW-L and One Z-1000 Brick.

 

I use a Z4K and a MRC Dual Pure Power for track power.

 

Stack 

An MTH Z4000, a Z1000, two Z750 transformers to run trains, and a DC Model Rectifier Corp transformer dedicated to accessories.

2 Lionel pw ZWs and 1MTH Z750.

Jim

I have this for daily personal use...

But on my layout a single CW-80 works just fine

 

 

 

 

 

Ben really needs that Flux Capacitor.  Marty! 

 

George

Just a 1033, an LW and a 50-watt Marx transformer, plus an RW for lights and accessories take care of my 8'-8" X 15'-3" layout's needs.  It's all good. 

I use a combination of MTH Z-1000s for more modern stuff with electronics and older Lionel transformers (1033, LW) for my conventional “toy train” layout. Love the look of those old transformers.   Also, have one of those small Lionel (adjustable up to 18v) transformers for lights and accessories.