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Re: Longest train, eh? (was: Two Easy Questions about Rolling Stock)
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 1 Feb 2002 05:59:24 GMT
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> Notes to those who've never done a truly huge train:
> * As Ben mentioned, multiple steady hands on multiple regulators is key.
> Our track wasn't really designed very well for the purpose of a train this
> size, and our regulators weren't evenly spaced. As a result, the train
> would surge in various places and decouple.
Ya, for those wossies who use more than 1 motor, it is needed. For those of us
who restrain ourselves to a single motor, one controller is fine :)
> * If you want to use stock magnetic couplers, that is your limiting factor.
> And just tossing in more locomotives in various places doesn't fully fix
> this problem, because if the pushing/pulling power to the cars isn't
> distributed properly then the couplers "buckle" on turns.
I'd agree. At 90+ cars, the only way with a single motor was to "pick up" (or,
in american, to "Take Slack"). This is frowned on, since it can jerk out the
couplers on real trains.
James P
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