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Re: Catenary and/or Trolley wire
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:32:53 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
Have folks done trolley wire or catenary? I've seem some folks that did some
using the Maerklin parts but I'm not looking for functional, just something that
looks good. I think I have a fairly good design for the poles. trying to decide
if tying knots in string is the way to go to get catenary or whether to build it
out of something like tubing and minifig hands. Which would be sturdy and less
taxing on the eyes (to build it) than string but would look rather overscale.

If folks have pointers to pics that would be great. I've tried some searches but
came up cold.

Thanks

Hi Larry,

One of our club members made some poles and placed a wire on it just like the
'real' electification. Il looked nice, BUT ...
- it takes a whole time to wire up on events.
- Take care that the wire doesn't get messed up.
- be sure that the poles are far enough from the train / coaches so that you
don't hit them - especially in curves or when a train derails. If so, the poles
fall down with all consequences.

Not that i want to scare you, but it has it's drawbacks too.

success with it.

Ludo



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Have folks done trolley wire or catenary? I've seem some folks that did some using the Maerklin parts but I'm not looking for functional, just something that looks good. I think I have a fairly good design for the poles. trying to decide if tying (...) (14 years ago, 11-Oct-10, to lugnet.trains)  

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