 | | What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Chetan Mistry
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| | | Hello: Just wondering what kind of motor comes with the 4559 cargo railway? Is it like the new railway exprees one where the lights are part of it. Or is it like the older kind (freight and crane railway), just the motor itself. Chet (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Ben Jackson
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| | | | | (...) I admit I didn't study the Railway Express motor very carefully, but I sure didn't notice any lights on it! The RE *set* does include a (standard) 9v light, as well as the train headlight diffuser piece. The 9v light is powered by connecting (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | (...) 4561 Railway Express has the yellow diffuser and light brick, but the "black brick" doesn't exist - the framework the diffuser fits into is the entire engine plate. (...) 4565 has 2 "black bricks", 2 diffusers, and ONE light brick for the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Robert W. Green
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| | | | | | (...) powered (...) motors (...) engine (...) going (...) diffusers (...) Thats not quite right. Lego Dacta has a set of two light bricks for 10$. I don't have the catalog in front of me (for the part number), but its in the spares section. Wayne G. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Nick Taylor
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| | | | | | Ben ... IMHO the 4559 locomotive is great! They just beg to be built with two motors ... they're just the right weight to give two motors excellent traction. Two two motor units will pull more cars than the magnetic couplers can handle! To add (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Do you perhaps mean a different set? 4559 (ref: (URL) ) has a little tiny engine built on top of the motor unit. It's difficult to see how to give it two motors. Even the alternate steamer has only one. (oh how I long for the days when Lego (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Our one does. I have an engine are each end (toot toot {1}). But I do hate the hook-up system in these sets... stupid stupid stupid. I keep meaning to replace it with a magnetic one, and extent the back of the cab to form another cargo (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | (...) That does follow from electrical theory. Two motors draw more current, which is going to result in a larger voltage drop over the rails (since V=IR). Of course since we don't have an ideal power supply, the actual calculation is not quite so (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Ben Jackson
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| | | | | | | | (...) a (...) This is due to the relatively light gauge of metal used in the track rails. Over a long layout they have a significant resistance. If you are seeing slowdowns at the far end of the layout, just run some heavier wire (12ga or even 14ga (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Jonathan Reynolds
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| | | | | | | | I have experienced this interesting phenomenon - luckily it occurs in a 1.5m long tunnel about 7 track meters from the controller feed point so the slower speed prevents of derailing in 'the dark hole' (sometimes!). I recently tried several motors (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —James Powell
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| | | | | | | | (...) Mine happens on the worst place...right at the steepest point of the railway...ah well... (...) No, but I use 2 MRC Tech 2 packs for power, because I find them nicer to use than the Lego ones. I had them before I had the lego trains. Don't use (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Tim Strutt
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| | | | | | Actually, to light up the 4559, you only need the 1x2 light brick, and the 2x4 electric plate, both from 5310. I did this with my 4559. Tim Strutt 8^) (...) sure (...) 9v (...) how (...) "black (...) a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559? —Tim Strutt
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| | | | I'm not sure I understand the question exactly, but they all have the same motor. It's just incorporated differently into the engine model. The 4559 does not have the motor connected by a bogey plate, like the 4565, if that's what you're asking. It (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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