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Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions and references! I hope this project continues to improve. And, I look forward to seeing any other tries (and success!) if you're so inspired :-) !! later, James Mathis (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) if you just look hard enough" but I think in this case I am not going to say that. :-) I looked, fairly hard, but have not found one... yet. However I WILL say that this will really rock if you can pull it off. The closest real trains come to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I like it. Good idea. Thanks. (...) Ah, I don't think I've seen this. Thanks. Off to look... Woah! That's impressive: (URL) Mathis (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Here's a few pictures I took of the April 17th PNLTC gathering where we built a helix for Ben Fleskes: (URL) had a lot of fun running trains up and down. It took almost 20 seconds for a car to coast down the whole thing. We played with a variety of (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow! This is pretty darn neat. I really like the look of the underhanging car. Seeing one of these going around a layout would be very cool. (...) I would be concerned about this as well. I look forward to seeing where this goes. (...) -Jason (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You would only be able to go through the points one direction since they need to be switched to the diverging track in order for the power to be transmitted from the diverging track to the straight track. Frank (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This would be an interesting challenge to work with. You would need to use the 70s era power pickups, and then attach wires to them to power a motor. Narrow tires can be run in the gap between the two rails giving very positive guidance. Frank (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:GuqzFH.9r0@lugnet.com... (...) track. I would suggest that most trains of this type are computer controlled thus do not need a driver, examples being London's Dockland railway and the shuttle (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It say's : Ein elektrischer Antrieb ist nicht vorhanden, witch means that there's no electrical drive, so no motor at all. anyhow, it's nice done. Regards, Ludo Soete (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A possible solution could be soldering a wire on the metal track rail. If you turn a rail upside down, you'll see small gaps with bended metal lips. You can solder there a wire. Let the wire come out on the bottom side of the rail and bend it (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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