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Re: Searchlight car
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:41:23 GMT
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INFOINFOINFO!
We MUST have info! ;-)
I want DCC BAD, so that BayLTC can go crazy with our train setup.
Stephen F Roberts wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Paul Davidson writes:
> > That's why we need someone to perfect digital train control!
>
> ...Convient u should mention this!!! WAMALUG's own Tom Cook has done just
> that! We were successfully running 5 separate trains on one circuit with _no_
> problems (other than the occasional minor crash when we let them catch up with
> each other (including the dramatic accidental full-speed head on crash between
> a small shunter engine and a metroliner))
>
> ...We're pestering Tom to post some more information on how he pulled this
> little miracle off. It worked _great_ including a nice wired remote control we
> threw under the tables so we could stand outside the tables and run 2 trains
> at once (we actually could have controlled 4 trains with the remote, but didnt
> try it).
>
> >
> > Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
> > news:38B702E4.B91BEFC8@voyager.net...
> > > I'd go with B currently. Someday I hope TLC comes up with a way to pick
> > > up power that is separate from the motor. Power and propulsion should be
> > > separate...
> > >
> > > Nick Goetz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Here's another question, maybe directed more at Tom S. but any • experienced
> > > > train(ee) will probably have their own method. I am mostly interested in
> > > > techniques. To supply the light car with power would you a) build a 9V
> > > > battery box into the generator car. b) Feed power from the engine car to • the
> > > > spot light car. c) put one of the motors under the light car. d) • something
> > > > else?
> > > >
> > > > -Nick
> > > > (the curious one)
> > > >
> > > > Frank Filz wrote in message <38B6B51A.2620@mindspring.com>...
> > > > <snip>>
> > > > > Of course for slightly additional realism, one should build an
> > > > > accompanying generator car.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Frank Filz
> > > > >
> > > > > -----------------------------
> > > > > Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> > > > > Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
> > >
> > > --
> > > Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
> > > http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
> > > fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.
> > >
> > > Note: this is a family forum!
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Searchlight car
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| (...) This implying that you're not "going crazy" with what you've got now? <g,d&r!> JohnG, GMLTC - the group that long ago crossed the line into 'crazy' territory!!! (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Searchlight car
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| Regarding how I implemented DCC (Digital Command Control): I hope to have some pictures and descriptions up on my site in a couple days. It is 99% commercial parts. Thanks to the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) DCC is now standardized, so (...) (27 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) ...Convient u should mention this!!! WAMALUG's own Tom Cook has done just that! We were successfully running 5 separate trains on one circuit with _no_ problems (other than the occasional minor crash when we let them catch up with each other (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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