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Re: All plastic track
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 18 Aug 2005 05:13:25 GMT
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Would a 9V train have enough momentum to pass over a single section of
plastic track? I’m thinking that the plastic track could be useful for
separating different sections of a layout as far as power goes. A really slow
train wouldn’t make it, but a really slow train with a motor at both ends
would. You’d have to make sure the track polarity is the same on either side
of the plastic track section, of course.
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Oooh!!! That would be nifty. Electrical blocks. Also could be used for cheap
sidings, if the price is right.
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In that same vein, would a single plastic section be helpful in making
reversing loops? Doing this currently requires hacking the rails to insulate
part of the track. If I understand the train community’s feelings, this alone
would make the plastic tracks extremely useful.
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Doesn’t that not work because of the polarity switching? Like you say above.
Or would you isolate it twice, so that you have one independent section that has
a seperate controller. Ooh yes! That oughta work.
Good thinkin’ man!
/me is now excited about Play Train.
-Stefan-
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| (...) I have some questions, too. I'm not a huge train person -- I own only two train sets -- but I'm aware of the 9V system's limitations. Would a 9V train have enough momentum to pass over a single section of plastic track? I'm thinking that the (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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