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I agree with all of the above. However, you notice that MRC, Walthers, etc, don't say what kind of trains. I would like to point out that Athern (bluebox) engines draw a lot of power. When you go to run them together with your 1400, you will immediately notice a huge deduction of power. If you were running say two Atlas GP38s together, or maybe two Katos together, you would hardly notice any deduction at all. This is because they draw only a fraction of what Athern engines draw in power. Though the Tech Il 1400 is a good power pack, it also has the least amount of power of all the power packs in the Tech ll line. Therefore you will need to make periodic checks on how hot it gets while running your two Atherns. My advice would be if you're going to run multi-Athern engines, then you really do need a larger power pack. You'll be very happily amazed at the end results. Georgia Boy
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