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Subject: 
Automated points
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Date: 
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 20:19:00 GMT
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To All,

I know we watched in amusement and horror as Steve, Tony, Jamie (Corrected
spelling), and others switched trains. Here is an automated one I
saw:

http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/NOLTC/tech/pointsmarkii/points.htm

WDYT? I never built one, but it would be great! I have some motors and
battery boxes from those ZSnap sets.

Scott S.
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Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Automated points
 
(...) Scott,give it a try if you have the parts and let us know how it comes out. (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
  Re: Automated points
 
(...) I built the switcher last night. It works totally awesome. It’s the best design I’ve seen and built so far. The only problem I found is the motor gives off a lot of torque when the switch is done being switched. Sometimes the motor would pull (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)

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