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Re: Motorizing 9V switch points (translation from french)
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:32:46 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Philippe Label wrote:
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> After testing, the problem of derailing when running trains in the reverse
> direction is a problem to me. I think if people are willing to go using such
> kind of motorization, they should consider John Hill's solution, recalled in
> this thread (<http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=21822>) and make some kind of
> mix, using the micromotor idea you mentioned with John's idea of using a
> short length of string and a dab of glue.
True, I can imagine the concerns. I saw the "micromotor/minifig spear"-type of
motorisation being used on a DDC layout, where a possible derailment problems
are prevented by the automated switch and signal operation.
With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
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 | | Re: Motorizing 9V switch points (translation from french)
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| (...) Hello Manfred, I was finally able to get a micromotor to test this solution. Thank you for the pointer. It is quite difficult to find micromotors around here (in France). And it seems impossible to buy from Pistco/Dacta for French import, at (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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