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The locomotives would draw more current than a single one, but not quite twice as much. Part of the current load is from actually pulling the train, and because they will be sharing the mechanical load, they will each pull slightly less current than if they had to do all the work by themselves. <br /> <br />I would agree with cacole that the current should be around 1 amp for two Proto 200's. For Athearn's I'd expect around 1 1/2 amp of total load, again well within the limits of a power supply. <br /> <br />Mark in Utah
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