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    Re: motorized cars? —Joe Strout
   (...) ,---...---. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | joe@strout.net (URL) | `---...---' (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: motorized cars? —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) if you're good with babelfish you might be able to puzzle out www.faller.de (go to HO, then to car-system) to figure out how they work. I'm guessing but I think they have internal batteries, they go to spots and stop because their magnet (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: motorized cars? —Rob Hendrix
   (...) (URL) here I thought you guys were googlephiles... (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: motorized cars? —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) That covers guidance, yes, but not how they stop and start and change direction at junctions. (if they do... The original layout reference talks of a car-system marshalling yard IIRC.) Good digging, though, Thanks! (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: motorized cars? —Rob Hendrix
   (...) direction (...) car-system (...) I would imagine they have some sort of switching "track" just like a train layout so the magnet won't get "confused" and start making the car do weird things. Just an absolute guess though. Maybe I'll try my (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
 

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