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Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:09:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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- It appears that the battery motor has metal flanges like the 9 volt motor. Probably good; will last longer than mere plastic.
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Maybe it is the old motor, or a slightly modified version. In some ways it
wouldn’t surprise me if they reused the existing manufacturing line.
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I am hoping it will be a modified version of the 9v motor. If it is the same
motor, then if it runs onto metal track, it’s battery will find itself powering
the track out through the wheels instead of getting power in through them. (The
modification would be to simply delete the wipers which connect to the power
from the wheel flanges.)
Of course, this would not be an issue on plastic track, but I believe I recall,
at BrickFest 2005, Jake saying that the battery and earlier 9v systems would
interoperate. So battery trains (which have the capability to be independently
controlled on the same stretch of track) would short to each other on a metal
clad track which would not be compatible.
JB
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I'm not really hoping, but it would be awesome if they modified the existing motor to allow it to be powered by either battery or off the rails. The very best (IMO) would be like the trainmodders have done -- the power picked up from the rails (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| --SOMEWHAY SNIPPED THROUGHOUT-- (...) Maybe it is the old motor, or a slightly modified version. In some ways it wouldn't surprise me if they reused the existing manufacturing line. (...) This is what puts me off. At least with eight wide you can (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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