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Subject: 
Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:18:35 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Stefan Garcia wrote:

For bidirectional operation, you will need two sensors, one for each direction
of travel (so the gate has time to go down BEFORE the train hits the crossing!)

Right, I'd think you'd need a lead time of around two baseplates or more, lest
those poor minifigs wander across the tracks...  :^)

In fact for realistic operation (if you really want that!) you'd need 4 sensors,
because the "exit" sensor is much closer to the crossing than the "entry" sensor
in real life. But who wants realistic? This is LEGO!

ROSCO



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  Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
 
(...) I know Lego doesn't make those sensors. The first post in that thread though is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! I'm not too crazy about modding Lego so I'll go with the pure version. (...) Right, I'd think you'd need a lead time of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)

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