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| (...) Well I do. The last 5 years I have build up a huge collection of blue track (both 12 volt and 4.5 volt), as well as trains from that era (1966-1979) and many parts, like motors, train bases, etc. All long after the last production run by TLC (...) (18 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Funny how we as AFOLs have a hard time thinking "outside the box". We automatically assume that new track geometry necessarily requires large sectional track pieces. The old 4.5-volt/12-volt system had separate ties (sleepers in Europe), track (...) (18 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Hey Adam, Will you sell me you 9v stuff? Todd (18 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Two-pole contact is needed. But most of the electrified railways use only one overhead wire (like the ex-Soviet loco in the photo). The only examples of more-wire systems I know about, are deep in the history: --Siemens' experimental (...) (18 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Also, Add Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) rules that anything using AC power means minimum age 7 on the box, and with Duplo going around age 5, that means a gap in trains from age 5 to 7. The new battery train has a lower age range (...) (18 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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