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Re: Permanent outdoor train
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:58:22 GMT
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Dan Parker wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.trains, Tony Priestman writes:
> > (snip)
> > I suggest making a track gauge for the correct Lego width, and making
> > your own, using model railway materials. Also bear in mind that if you
> > have long runs of track, you will have to add additional power feeds: 9V
> > doesn't go very far :-)
> > --
> > Tony Priestman
> from PNLTC's show experience, I can attest that one can operate with loops • of
> 90 feet or more using one set of track leads -- all with no noticeable drop • in
> performance. Does this qualify as a "horse's mouth" answer? :)
Hm, that's interesting, because I had noticed trains slowing down on the
other side of my 4'x6' table. But maybe I'm imagining things, or maybe it's
not level enough. Was that with a single motor on the track, or more than
one? Two motors will essentially double the voltage drop (twice the current
being drawn). My primary engines are all dual powered (partly because I've
got the motors, partly for appearance, partly for performance on grades).
Frank
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| (...) I have to side with Frank on this one... run a 25 car train with 2 2 motor engines and you will see a speed drop on the far side of a 20 foot loop. (see my apt pictures to see the layout I'm talking about, it's not that big). Perhaps PNLTC is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) from PNLTC's show experience, I can attest that one can operate with loops of 90 feet or more using one set of track leads -- all with no noticeable drop in performance. Does this qualify as a "horse's mouth" answer? :) dan parker, PNLTC (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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