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(...) I believe those are "track torpedoes" which are (were) set out several hundred (thousand) yards behind a train stopped on or fouling the main. They detonate with an explosive sound when train wheels go over them, thus making an audible (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My main use for the buffer stop is to save my RCX Train from smashing someplace unpleasant. This is the same for DCC. If my RCX Train should miss a track command and smash into a sidding I want it protected. Here is the latest incarnation of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Retarders (was Re: Train Stoppers)
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(...) ...But do we really need to be more retarded? I have enuf problems as it is... (...) ....hmmmm humping??... film it :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wildlink.com lugnet #160 (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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At the edge of my memory, I can remember, as a kit, hearing a news story about derailers being stolen. It made the news as the items stolen were explosive in nature. I assume it would be a small charge which would be set off by the train/carriage (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...2 of the springie things are also in the crystal crawler (1728 or 6145, depending on where u happen to exist (also available from the Potomac Mills outlet)) ...I built a very primitive one using a helicopter top (brick with a technic pin on (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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