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Re: Questions from a trains idiot
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 16:19:38 GMT
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> For a two axle (dinky euro car asI like to refer to it)
Larry! some of us don't have enough space to have trains of 15 american
cars...besides which, it would take 5 motors to get it up the grade...it takes
3 under 9 cars now...
> If you are building a 4 axle (american freight or a smaller
> passenger) you will need two packs of the wheels, one buff/coup and one
> pack of the "bogie plates.
_or_ you can use the 2x2 plate turntables. Not as good a design, but it works
OK. It lets you make up a plate body, without anything sticking through it.
I'd recommend the bogie plates for most uses.
> You can run more than one. As you add more, you get a slow down,
> especially on grades. I have run 4 successfully. Very slow. Running 5
> trips an internal reset and the speed reg shuts down (it thinks there's
> a short circuit). you have to let it cool off and it works again.
As well as using the "official LEGO" speed controller, you can use a regular
train controller. I use a pair of MRC Tech 2's for my layout, and they are
probably better if you are planning on large grades. As well, they have other
features.
James Powell
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| (...) Yes. (...) It varies. 3225 comes without track or a regulator. 4565 comes without a regulator but with track. 4559 comes with both. 4561 comes with both. There is a version (europe only, I think) of 4561, numbered 4560, that comes without a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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