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(...) power unit in the tender to pick up power and transmits it to the 12v motor with a hybrid wire. The arms wiggle up and down as it cruises down the track, and it's hilarious to watch at high speed. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com www.pnltc.org (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Looking through Tony Hafner's 2001MV ? show pics i came across this, anyone have any more info? (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hm, yes. From the pic, it looks like they're 50 studs long by 8 studs wide. I've got a passenger train with cars ranging from 42 to 50 studs long and I've had surprisingly good luck running it. At LLCA a couple of months back, it was able to (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) bst (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Come on, Steve - I'm a computer programmer! What is the standard answer to every problem? "Write a program"!! <grin> I spent the last hour in a staff meeting trying to figure out how I can do this with RCXs... ;-) Don't know if I can make it (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) You're right, I didn't understand the specifics, and this is why I'm not an electrical engineer. So, to summarize, the wall wart that plugs into the wall reduces 120v of AC electricity from the wall to 12v AC. Then, the train controller (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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If the main lines are large enough you can manully do this. We often have a long "passing rail" (attached at both ends) off our mainlines. We setup two simularly weighted trains, so the go about the same speed, one on the mainline one on the passing (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Thanks, I'm currently working on making them look less boxie and more rounded like the real cars. I'm also trying to talk the others in the group into modifying the corners on our layout so this train can actually run around the track. :-) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes!!! Many thanks. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:GLM9GK.IE8@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) THE (...) You mean this one? (URL) Thatcher Perkins Locomotive Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (URL) - North Carolina (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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