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Re: Train Stoppers
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:49:27 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Iain Hendry writes:
> Scott A wrote in message ...
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> > 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:
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> > 1. Slow Down
> > 2. Stop
> > 3. Reverse
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> > Has anyone been able to do this?
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> > Scott A
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> 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 don't know
> how practical it is to actually mount the RCX inside of a train body (since
> I don't know anything about the new 9v trains, really), but that's what I
> did with this model. A light sensor points down onto the track. A white 1x8
> flat plate spans two ties, and is mounted so that the end of it is in the
> centre of the station platform. The train aproaches, decelerates, and stops.
> At the end stations (Metro Centre and Alsthom), the train reverses. South
> Grove is a pass-through and is only accessed by westbound-trains. I should
> mention this isn't really anything more than an automated busway,
> considering my system is using rubber tyres (which was my main goal) for
> support and guidance with steerable bogies.
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
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> http://www.oxford.net/~hendryjr/temp/
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> (Sorry, no html as of yet!)
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> Iain (having fun with rubber tyred transit models!)
> --
> tokama http://www.oxford.net/~hendryjr
> ICQ UIN 5362826
> AIM Linjerflyg
> h e n d r y j r AT o x f o r d DOT n e t
> (Remove bibiphoque to reply)
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| 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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| 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)
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