Buy some Fastrac power leads and put them about every 10 sections of track to maintain a more constant voltage. Wire these together in parallel back to the transformer. The Lionel part number that I know of is 6-12053.
Lee F.
I'm clearly a novice and need advice regarding power. Seems I need more considering I'm using a CW-80 watt transformer that came with my o-gauge Lionel Central Christmas train set. Problem is, this year I decided to add some track and now have about 60 feet total, I have two loops on either side with several curves throughout. I seem to lose power along those curves and the train stops in several places along the way from lack of power. Should I add power to the existing transformer? Replace the transformer? or do something else? I have looked at some products out there, but really don't know which direction to go. I doubt I'll ever run more than one train/layout at a time, but do plan on adding additional track over the years and could use the flexibility in making changes/adding power, etc. Any advice would be appreciated!
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