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Re: DCC and the future
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 20 Dec 2002 02:26:35 GMT
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> writes:
> What I hope for in this and several other things is for LEGO trains to
> become large enough to attract the attention of one of the model
> railroading manufacturers. If Kadee came out with a brick which let you
> use their O scale couplers I'd buy a bunch of them. If they came out
> with a magnet designed to either mount under LEGO track (with studs on
> the top) or to mount on the LEGO track ties (tubes on the bottom), I'd
> buy them. If they didn't, I'd glue magnets to plates or tiles and be
> happy. If someone sets up a shop to convert LEGO motors to DCC control,
> I'd probably start buying.
What is the point of having a magnet on the track? But anyway, LEGO
made magnet holders with a 2x2 plate base that would hold a standard
LEGO magnet. They were used in the Ice Planet 2002 space sets,
perhaps among others.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| (...) To activate the Kadee(r) coupler's Magne-Matic(r) uncoupling feature. see (URL) for more information. (...) Which my experiments have indicated is woefully underpowered for this particular task, as well as not aligned in the correct direction (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) If they come out with a DCC solution, then they're compatible. If they come out with a different solution, I might ignore it. It would depend on how their solution compared to DCC. DCC is an industry standard and non-proprietary, so a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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