To Whomever,
Heres my setup for getting power to the trains on the track. I have the lionel 180 bricks, a TPC 400, and a TIU with Lionels command base. I have both lionel and MTH engines. I expanded my layout and need much more power so i got a TPC 400 with 2 180 bricks for more amp power. I got 12 engines and 12 sets of passenger cars on the track. Thats why i need alot more power. I use to have it where i ran both mth and lionel engines on either remote. But when i use the tpc400 i only get half the amp power and dont know why. I do know its only half power because the lights on the passenger cars are really dim. But when i skip the TIU they are all bright. I look in the manual and couldnt find the answer, so im stuck and figured its easier to ask then to blow something up. I asked people at the hobby shops for answers but they didnt know. My old setup I had the tpc with the lionel base connected and it worked great except your engines wouldnt work off your remote cause it wasnt going through the TIU. But now I want to run the mth engine on the tracks but I need the TIU connected to work the engines. I have had 3 other tracks with the mth and lionel engines on and they work great, but they dont have a tpc400 on them. I have 60 big engines lionel and MTH and i want to run them all where ever i want. Email me back at mhtml:{E44E2A1A-BD66-4B89-AB4B-83FC2478B279}mid://00000000/!x-usc:mailto:BOF30002000@yahoo.com