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Re: Need help with12v/4.5v SWITCH TRACK
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Date: 
Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:22:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Donald Alcorn wrote:
HI!  I would like to know: will the 4.5v train battery car will run through
an old blue 12v switch track, #753 #754 or #755? Will the switch on the
bottom of the battery car clear the 12v rails without shutting off the
engine thereby stopping the whole train?   All helpful information
appreciated! Don (still stuck in the 4.5v days)

A 4.5v battery car runs through any 12v track (including switches and
crossings) without any problem. This is true for both the 4.5v battery
car as well as the old bricks with button which had to be mounted under
the motor (from the time the 4.5v battery car did not exist, yet).
The switch under the battery car is higher than the height of the track.
The 12v switches are no higher than the 4.5v switches. The lever of the
4.5v signals raises higher than the height of the track to push the
button onder the battery car.
At the LegoWorld 2005 event in Zwolle I ran both 12v and 4.5v trains
together on the same blue 12v track with switches and crossings,
operating the 12v train with the regulator to avoid collisions ;-)

Blue train track rulez! :-)

Niels



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  Re: Need help with12v/4.5v SWITCH TRACK
 
THANKS Niels! I am looking to add 2 remote switch points to my 4.5v layout: blue AND grey track all through the house! I guess you would also know: are the early 753/754 point sets the only ones that use the blue and red 2x7 control? (peeron ref. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)

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  Need help with12v/4.5v SWITCH TRACK
 
HI! I would like to know: will the 4.5v train battery car will run through an old blue 12v switch track, #753 #754 or #755? Will the switch on the bottom of the battery car clear the 12v rails without shutting off the engine thereby stopping the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)

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