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Re: Need help with12v/4.5v SWITCH TRACK
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:31:56 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Donald Alcorn wrote:
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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. #x833) On all the ref. pictures of #755 switches I have
found, I don’t see any wires. Happily stuck in 4.5v-land, Don
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Only the 753/754 point sets had remote controlled switches, operated by
the blue and red 2x7 controls. The wires were fixed to the switched, but
additional extension cables were available.
The later 755 point set had manual controlled switches without wire.
Peeron shows wrong images for the switches (pictures of manual controlled
switched for the remote controlled switches, no pictures for the manual
controlled switches).
Here’s a picture of both switches:
Niels
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Need help with12v/4.5v SWITCH TRACK
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| Very good. The operation is just exactly like LIONEL switch points! The power for the switch point motor must be routed through the metal center rails - coming from the transformer. Does the transformer need to be at full throttle or do the points (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Need help with12v/4.5v SWITCH TRACK
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| 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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