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Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5]
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 5 May 2006 11:09:52 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > I guess I must finally accept the truth that it is nothing to do with excrement
> > :(
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> > What it looks like to me is a controller for a end-to-end tram line. Or some
> > such. (Do trams have toilets??)
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> Ah, finally the penny (rather than other unsavoury matter) drops!
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> So what old model rail trick do you have to do to the track to make it work in a
> neat and orderly fashion?
Seems to me it'd be handy to have an isolated section of track at each end,
connected with a diode (opposite polarity at each end) so it stops nicely but
there's probably other ways to do it.
> (Good grief, it's like pulling teeth. Remind me not to try anything like this
> again...)
You can't fool us, you really love it ;)
ROSCO
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 | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5]
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| (...) That was exactly what I thought 'til I built one for our LUCNY layout. Turns out the diodes have to be the same way round :) So you only have to make one polarity of diode insulated track section. I use an RCX to simply reverse power every (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5]
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| (...) Ah, finally the penny (rather than other unsavoury matter) drops! So what old model rail trick do you have to do to the track to make it work in a neat and orderly fashion? (Good grief, it's like pulling teeth. Remind me not to try anything (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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