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ps. i'll post instructions when I have the time (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That would be me, like Jenn said they use the spring things from 4559. They hold up pretty well. They DID stop my GP-35 at full throttle(1). Important Safety Tip: Only try this on a carpeted floor. At the WAMALUG show they successfully stopped (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, they are quite prototypical...just not typical installation on the end of a siding. They are used in places where you _cannot_ allow the train to procede onwards, such as dead end stations. Take a look at a photo of say Euston (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I don't feel so bad now. If the Great Larry has difficulty with the stoppers... Seriously though, I have seen stoppers with springs in RL. I don't expect it to take HUGE amounts of punishment. Just the kind when it's rolling to a stop (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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You could use the 2 x 2 x 2 shock absorber pieces that come in black on several sets, including the BTII vechicle, the aquanauts crystal crawler and at least 1 train set. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (forgive me because I've forgotten) one of the people in our group (wamalug) created some stoppers that have the little spring loaded things that are in the 4559, 1728, and a couple of others... so that when the train hits, it bounces off a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Bear in mind that in the real world, arresting devices such as described here only last for one or two substantial collisions before succumbing to fatigue and shear. I would suggest building your arrestors so that they "break-away" near the base (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have played with this problem unsuccessfully. My theory is that something that can take the collision force HAS to be placed so as to be against the ties, and further, shear must be counteracted somehow. Everything I did comes apart after about 10 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Or more. We would just need to make some of the blocks shorter so people could slow down trains that were gaining on the one in front of them while they were in the short block... but each regular block could have 2 trains on it at once, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been playing around with the end of track stoppers but have yet to come up with something that works. I'd like to hear what other people/groups have come up with. I have the 4553 train wash but find all the impact is on the magnet coupler. I'd (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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