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Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559?
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Fri, 14 Jan 2000 01:42:56 GMT
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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 lights you need to order a light and a motor wire:
From LEGO S@H at 800.453.4652:
#5111 9V Motor Wire (128cm) US$4.50 ... way too long
#5310 Lighting Brick US$5.50
#5300 Electric Train Motor US$27.50
From Pitsco-Dacta at 800.362.4308
D779897 9-Volt Connecting Leads 11", 21", & 51" US$13
D970005 1x2 Lamp Brick 9V (2 pcs.) US$10
Good luck and have fun,
- Nick -
wayne green wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Tom Stangl writes:
> > Ben Jackson wrote:
> >
> > > > Just wondering what kind of motor comes with the 4559 cargo railway? Is
> > > > it like the new railway exprees one where the lights are part of it. Or
> > > > is it like the older kind (freight and crane railway), just the motor
> > > > itself.
> > >
> > > I admit I didn't study the Railway Express motor very carefully, but I sure
> > > didn't notice any lights on it! The RE *set* does include a (standard) 9v
> > > light, as well as the train headlight diffuser piece. The 9v light is • powered
> > > by connecting to an output on the top of the train motor (which all 9v • motors
> > > have). Look at the instructions on brickshelf for the Metroliner to see how
> > > this works.
> >
> > 4561 Railway Express has the yellow diffuser and light brick, but the "black
> > brick" doesn't exist - the framework the diffuser fits into is the entire • engine
> > plate.
> >
> >
> > > I think all of the cargo train sets have come with the diffuser piece and a
> > > place for the 9v light, but no light or connecting wire. They do include
> > > instructions for adding the light if you buy the accessory pack.
> >
> >
> > 4565 has 2 "black bricks", 2 diffusers, and ONE light brick for the engine.
> > SUCKs, since the light brick can't be ordered all by itself. I'm probably • going
> > to build my own light bricks, since I'll have several black bricks and • diffusers
> > frim 4565.
>
> Thats not quite right. Lego Dacta has a set of two light bricks for 10$. I
> don't have the catalog in front of me (for the part number), but its in the
> spares section.
>
> Wayne G.
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 | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559?
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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)
| | | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559?
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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?
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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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