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Re: The Future of Trains
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:17:54 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Eric Kingsley wrote:
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Minimally a battery powered system would have to pull a 6 wide consist of
10-12 cars for at least an hour to even be considered viable for a show. And
that doesn’t even address 8 wide (We have run both on our layouts).
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The topic of battery life and pulling power came up today -
click here for that
thread. Hopefully it can address some of your concerns.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Well, it surprises me... but then again, I've just heard folks debate it, not actually test it or try it out. Thanks! I use 2500 mAh NiMH in my NXTs and RCXs, and I've been happy with them, but an 8 hour run time pulling 20 cars is... well, (...) (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Any idea how much weight was being pulled? 20 flatcars could be lighter than 20 boxcars. That amount of run time with that many cars does sound promising though. -Elroy (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Future of Trains
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| Well I posted this announcement at the (URL) site... Personally, I have to say that I have doubts that any battery powered system will meet the needs of clubs doing shows. Even a robust, rechargable battery system has considerable limitations. (...) (17 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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