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(...) In 12V days there was a service pack available with extra rubber tires if your original ones (from the 12V motor) perished or were otherwise damaged. This service pack is now highly prized as it's been out of prod for 20ish years. I am 2000 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya, there are 2 "standard" gearing setups, one which maxes out at something like 97 MPH and one at 112 MPH. You cannot MU otherwise compatable equipment that has the different gearings. Also, note, you cannot MU things like SW1xxx's with say (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) problem in using multiple units together. It's hazy to me, but it revolves around gearing. I seem to recally that locos that are geared differently could not be MUed together because of the speed difference at the same throttle setting. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) intuitively felt there wasn't a problem, but don't have the analog electrical knowledge to describe exactly how it isn't a problem. With a train motor (LEGO or real) there's another factor which will help balance extremely imbalanced motors, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ralph, I am creating my Classic scale LEGO town with an HO Train and track. My old yellow train station originally had a 3 track covered train shed (on my website). The shed opening originally had 1x8x2 yellow arches for the train and tracks. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) loco (...) I've (...) one (...) Actually there's no problem at all. This topic has been deeply discussed in the lugnet.robotics ng: (URL) (some train specific examples in this message) (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not sure that this would cause that much problem unless the mismatch was very bad, unless you're really stressing out the motors with long trains (though I doubt we ever really get close to the load capacity of the motors due to the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Jawn Henry construction notes (was Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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Wow! Thank for the construction tips! I guess I may be one step ahead then. My Big Boy's tender operates on an end slider of two attached wheelsets. I have noticed a slight uplift going in and coming out of curves, but nothing major. I guess the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've been thinking the same thing. I almost always put two motors on each loco and I'm beginning to suspect that some of my biggest mismatches, which I've perhaps left that way for too long, have actually been causing damage to one motor or (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Jawn Henry construction notes (was Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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Lar, When I read your comment I jumped up to check it out. The center slider[1] evolved from an unattached wheelset, which is why it had to be in the center. When you said end slider I thought, "Power for my SD40!" I did not try to make it, but (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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