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Re: Excelsior Trolley
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:32:35 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Doug Foreman wrote:
   In lugnet.announce.moc, John Neal wrote:
   Since the TCLTC will only be able to bring half of their train layout to the ILTCO Philadelphia show this summer, we decided to turn our mainlines into ping-ponging trolley lines. Yeah, we already have a few trolleys we can run:


Which brings me to a question I’ve had for awhile, what is required to turn a line into a ping pong line?

A few RCXs and Ross’s programming... <grin>

JohnG, GMLTC



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  Re: Excelsior Trolley
 
(...) Are you detecting the trolleys at the end of the line for reversal? If so, how (mechanically, optically, magneticly, other...). And you don't need RCX's... you could do it with mechanically triggered polarity switches, for instance. (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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  Re: Excelsior Trolley
 
(...) Which brings me to a question I've had for awhile, what is required to turn a line into a ping pong line? (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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