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Re: Ideas for signal crossings
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 23 Jun 1999 16:07:47 GMT
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Michel Magnan wrote:
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> HI,
> I don't have any photos, but I have done afew things and need to find time to
> work on another idea.
> In my layout I have combined 9V and 12V, the latter to power lamp posts and
> crossings. The 7866 motorized crossing, as well as one built from parts,
> blinking red lights on the vertical members and the upper crossbars, without
> the swinging arm.
> What I have been thinking about, is somehow using the technic light set (from
> the space shuttle among other sets), to make red blinking lights out of 9V
> Lego.
> Several people have talked about using Mindstorms and motion sensors to
> automate crossings, but I haven't got that far yet.
> Hope these ideas help to get you started.
TLG actually has a blinking light element. The 1x4 brick with 2 lamps
lights solid with one polarity, and blinks with the other (I happened
not to notice this when I built my 6979 Interstellar Starfighter, but
when I was oohing and aahing over a 735 7+ Building Set with Electric
System, I noticed the instructions showed the two different modes).
--
Frank Filz
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| HI, I don't have any photos, but I have done afew things and need to find time to work on another idea. In my layout I have combined 9V and 12V, the latter to power lamp posts and crossings. The 7866 motorized crossing, as well as one built from (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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