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       Mixing Lionchief Plus & MTH RailKing Engines on same track
       By: SkipK Date: March 5, 2019, 3:19 pm
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       A buddy and I have been building a layout and decided to budget
       for LionChief Plus engines and the occasional MTH RailKing in
       order to keep costs down. We recently added a new MTH engine to
       our inventory (their Pennsy "10 Wheeler). We installed the MTH
       DCS Explorer and their z1000 brick. Everything runs great
       together, except for one LC+ engine: a recently purchased (new)
       0-4-0 NYC switcher (6-84966). It's a neat little workhorse that
       will get a lot o use as the yard is fleshed out. However,
       whenever it's on the track the z1000 internal breaker trips.
       Engine runs great with the Lionel 72 watt DC power pack. Other
       LC+ engines work just fine, even while running on the same track
       as the MTH engine. Before we added the MTH, running just on the
       LC 72 watt supply we could run two LC+ and LC engines at a time
       with no problem.
       Any idea why this little guy draws so much power? Is that normal
       for this engine?
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