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(...) I'll add one to your list; because we like trains (the real thing). I live on the most direct rail line (Union Pacific) between Kansas City and Denver. Typical traffic includes coal and grain trains, which explains why one of my projects is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I'll change my name to John the day I will finally build a nice train... :^) Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Shiri skrev i meddelandet ... (...) But you will be, once you´ve become a master builder :-) ---Tobias (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's true for me - I'm a trainer in training (Or maybe training to be a trainer?), and I'm not named John... ;-) Shiri :-) Smile to welcome the day, and the day will smile back at you... (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well spoken, John! (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, not all trainers. Only the master builders. John W. (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Seems that way at some of the GMLTC meetings! John1 "What do you say we call you 'John' to save on confusion?"... ;-) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Works for me;-) -John (J2) (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Maybe I answered my own question as John said. Is all trainers named John :-)? --Tobias (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) *** Warning *** Not a Lego purist application *** MRC Tech II throttles, well known in the model railroading world, solve this problem nicely. I have a passenger train with two locos (4 motors) which is no problem at all for my MRC throttle. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I have the pieces to what appears to be a car (auto type) transporter. The car (train type) is a double bogey and the racing car is white with a number 1 in red on the bonnet (hood). Does anyone have any ideas which set this is? Pause and Brickshelf (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Bzzt. In reverse, perhaps, or when slack is bunching, but in basic forward motion the couplers, and only the couplers, transmit the force. This is true on both sides of the big pond. There is no connection between the buffers of one car and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Strongly suggest that you put gaps in to divide the track into 2 sections. Then, except for when a motor is bridging the gap between sections, there is no connection between one regulator and another. Ludo may disagree but I think it's a good (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I (...) find (...) this (...) Hummm...mmm...... most likely something on a saturday evening sometime in mid december might work best..... (at least for me). But I could try to be as flexible as possible. Any suggestions? (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.trains)
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ode) (...) No, all we would need is a busbar with connectors every 25-50 ft of track. (IE a plate connector every 25-50 ft, connected by a heavy (in this case, something like #12 or so gauge wire) All you want to do is to reduce the resistance so (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I haven't melted any -track- yet :) I would guess that the track is probably up to putting 2-3 amps out across it before melting (perhaps as much as 6-8 amps cont, and shorted for a small period of time, a _lot_ more. (...) Yes and No. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's no short cirquit,but an overheated regulator, who reduces the output voltage with increasing heath. Using a larger heathsink on the regulator can reduce this problem. The used regulator 'chip' is a LM317T, capable to deliver 1.5 Amp. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is so,but this won't mean that you can't place 3 or 4 motors on the track. The transformer gives 10V output at a 'power' of 7VA. Some explanation : VA is the multiplication of Volts & Ampere. This means in our case that the transformer (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm going to disagree with John2 here - there is a time when multiple speed regulators would be handy: If your layout gets to be so large that you're getting a voltage drop on the far side of the layout. The GMLTC is starting to get see (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, this is my experience. I find that multiple motors help with traction. Speed, however, hasn't been a concern. (...) No, and if you aren't careful, you can damage them. (...) The buffers, specifically, are the round balls on each side of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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