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Re: DCC and the future
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:46:44 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> writes:
> In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward writes:
> > 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?
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> To activate the Kadee(r) coupler's Magne-Matic(r) uncoupling feature.
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> see http://www.kadee.com/int/c1.htm for more information.
Oh, I see.
[...]
> Your experiments may differ and I would be glad to learn that you have
> figured out how to get the LEGO(r) magnet to work in this application. A
> complete write up, with pictures, would greatly advance the state of the art
> in this area.
*My* experiments? NBL. I'm a LEGO purist, remember? I just pointed
out a possible LEGO solution to the problem, but I see now that it
won't work...
--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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