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(...) Shaun, I have posted a picture of my V188 diesel which was used to haul the 'Dora','Schwerer Gustav', as well as the 'Anzio Annie' railguns. The electric current from the V188's traction motors helped to power the various railway artillery. My (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) <snip AMAZING info on an AMAZING model!!!> (...) This model has stuff for many factions, bring it on! (...) A nitpick... Surely you mean "current from the V188's generator" since traction motors are mounted in the trucks and provide traction (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) This is what I read from the article, but I think we all know that the generator (or alternator for that matter too) is the true source of power. As for the possibility of using the traction motors? Let us not forget dynamic braking. -Harvey (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) By the way, the V188 had a Do+Do wheel arrangement. The wheels were fixed in the frame rather than mounted in swiveling trucks.-Harvey (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Grin. (Take a second to picture a gun crew franticly trying to service that behemoth while hanging on for dear life as the train screams downgrade at the edge of controllability so that the dynamic braking can supply some current to the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) That would be funny, poor ol' Nazis could never get off a single shot. But yes, the generators supplied the railguns with electrical power.-Harvey (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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