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Hi Tim, You might be thinking more modern, however my old 2343's instruction sheet states that DC operation is acceptable, however the horn relay will alway be tripped, thus all or none for the horn. I have never bothered since that takes all the fun out of my layout... This makes sense as the motors will do AC/DC and the E unit solenoid will (usually) work but the horn relay picks up a DC offset on the normal AC power. Or you could switch out the E unit and just control direction by connection (DC+ to center, DC- to outer rails for forward and vice versa). For Randal -- I built an enormous supply (800 Watts) and my postwar Lionel runs well between 6-16 Volts AC... I get nervous when the switch engine approaches warp afer I uncouple during flying switches. Beware! Does anyone else cheat and buy their clear bulbs for postwar units at the local farm store? My local store has 1445 &57's for next to nothing... Mike
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