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  Re: Train Stoppers
 
"Dean Husby" <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message news:38C581C4.DA5407...a.bc.ca... (...) Not 100% related to this post, but I've been think of somehow getting a train do the following when it reaches the end of a line: 1. Slow Down 2. Stop 3. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train Stoppers
 
"Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:Fr3rqn.4rp@lugnet.com... <snip> This is what the RCX was developed for ! ;) Couple of light sensors for train detection, and a couple of cybermaster touch switches for manual speed control. Cheers (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train Stoppers
 
Scott A wrote in message ... (...) While I'm still rather new to trains (even though I recieved the 7722 in December if 1989), my first train project in a *long* time was a model of the VAL Metro in Lille/Toulouse (either one, both are lovely). I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train Stoppers
 
(...) I looked at your "site" the other day - I was very impressed with the design. By "steerable bogies" do you mean the train 'decides' which way to go at points? If not, what to you mean. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train Stoppers
 
(...) My main use for the buffer stop is to save my RCX Train from smashing someplace unpleasant. This is the same for DCC. If my RCX Train should miss a track command and smash into a sidding I want it protected. Here is the latest incarnation of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train Stoppers
 
Scott A wrote in message ... (...) design. (...) I simply mean that each bogie configures it's yaw axis to the piece of track it's on. Just like the real thing. Iain -- tokama (URL) UIN 5362826 AIM Linjerflyg h e n d r y j r AT o x f o r d DOT n e t (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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