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Re: All plastic track
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:50:25 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jordan Bradford wrote:
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Would a 9V train have enough momentum to pass over a single section of
plastic track? I’m thinking that the plastic track could be useful for
separating different sections of a layout as far as power goes. A really slow
train wouldn’t make it, but a really slow train with a motor at both ends
would. You’d have to make sure the track polarity is the same on either side
of the plastic track section, of course.
In that same vein, would a single plastic section be helpful in making
reversing loops? Doing this currently requires hacking the rails to insulate
part of the track. If I understand the train community’s feelings, this alone
would make the plastic tracks extremely useful.
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Actually, hacking the rails to electrically insulate the track only requires
sandwiching a tiny slip of paper in between the two sections you want isolated
from each other. Tear away the excess, and mark the spot with a red plate (so
you can find it again when you need to).
Rick C.
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| (...) I have some questions, too. I'm not a huge train person -- I own only two train sets -- but I'm aware of the 9V system's limitations. Would a 9V train have enough momentum to pass over a single section of plastic track? I'm thinking that the (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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