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Subject: 
Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:25:54 GMT
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What the heck are they called? I know the whole thing is referred to as a grade crossing, but other than crossbucks, I don’t know what to call it. Anyways, I cooked this up recently:



http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/sastrei/Trains/Signals/pict1639.jpg

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/sastrei/Trains/Signals/pict1640.jpg

It’s going to be part of a larger module with a road bridge and grade crossing. Anyone have any tips on programming the crossing so it works reliably in all light conditions?

-Stefan-



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  Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
 
(...) sweet. that's one of the better solutions i've seen for this. i think it was the ltc from georga that had the automated grade crossing at brickfest 2003. from what i remember it was very relyable and worked with magnents and a light sensor. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
 
Anyone have any tips on programming the crossing so it works (...) Yes, go with magnets! :) I put my programme in the RCX 3 times, each time changing the light sensor to a higher setting. It worked great the 1st time in a shopping mall, but our (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
 
I have a couple of newbie questions about things like this. First, how do you protect the motor? In this particular design it looks like you could actually rotate the arm past vertical, which I guess isn't a problem until you hit the ground on the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)

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