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Sorry - I misread the original post and realize now that he wants to keep the LGB throttle. The answer is best gained from looking at the throttle that LGB places in the starter set. If I am not mistaken the throttle is a 1 Amp throttle. You do run the risk of supplying too much current to the throttle itself - this depends on how the throttle is constructed electronically inside. Morar notes that his goal is to one day go to MTS not that he is there already. He does note that he has a USA Trains GP-9 which is a 2 motor locomotive and USA trains motors can draw upwards of 1 amp each which is why he can not move the thing with his current transformer. My statements about power supplies are otherwise correct. I would make one more statement as well. A switchable power supply is not as good as a linear power supply when it comes to providing raw power. In the long term the switching power supply will not hold up. While they are less expensive a linear power supply is designed to better handle the demands of heavy workloads. Switching power supplies have plenty of other good uses but I would not recommend them for running your trains.
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