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  Re: MOCs: incl German WWII Railway gun
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: MOCs: incl German WWII Railway gun
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: MOCs: incl German WWII Railway gun
 
(...) 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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