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Subject:	Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:34:43 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Gustavo Brinck wrote: > You are right they are different. > What I will do is to try and get someone to make a collar (like a ring) to put > over the wheel in order to adjust it.The collar should be thin and of a > conductive metal. > Tomorrow I´ll have more news....keep you posted. > > Best regards. > > Gustav > Santiago de Chile If you ar going to "sacrifice" a motor for the wheels, why not use its power pickups. Lester

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		Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
(...) Sometimes my english, plays against me..... My idea was to use the metallic wheels of the motor in a standard boggie, for testing purposes, if this works, the following step was to make a copy of the wheels with a lathe, but Larry and Dean (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
(...) Might not be needed. I have followed this debate with interest (I have a similar idea). This has been done before, on Bens April Fool Joke in 2000. Take a look here: (URL) at the red engine, and this picture in particular. (URL) he actually (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)

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		Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
You are right they are different. What I will do is to try and get someone to make a collar (like a ring) to put over the wheel in order to adjust it.The collar should be thin and of a conductive metal. Tomorrow I´ll have more news....keep you (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)

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