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Re: Train Stoppers
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:10:22 GMT
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wubwub@wildlink.+Spamless+com
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Christopher Tracey <ctracey@wamalug.org> wrote:
> Jennifer L. Boger wrote:
> > (forgive me because I've forgotten) one of the people in our group (wamalug)
> > created some stoppers that have the little spring loaded things that are in the
> > 4559, 1728, and a couple of others... so that when the train hits, it bounces
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> That would be me, like Jenn said they use the spring things from 4559.
...2 of the springie things are also in the crystal crawler (1728 or
6145, depending on where u happen to exist (also available from the
Potomac Mills outlet))
...I built a very primitive one using a helicopter top (brick with a
technic pin on the top) with the springie thing on that and a 2x6
plate on the springie thing. In practice, the plate was rite at bumper
height and seemed to catch trains quite well at reasonable speeds.
> They
> hold up pretty well. They DID stop my GP-35 at full throttle(1).
> Important Safety Tip: Only try this on a carpeted floor. At the WAMALUG
> show they successfully stopped everything with only one derailment that
> I saw.
> Pretty good since we were all newbies with DCC and we don't keep up on
> our
> switch positions.
...With some 4xn plates on the crossbeams, the spring loaded bumper
should work for most all trains even at good speeds (from limited
testing we've done :-)
> -Chris
>
> > off a bit... they haven't broken off the track (like some of our previous
> > designs) or anything... you just have to make sure you're not sending the train
> > into them at full speed (why would you do that anyway? :) I think there might
> > be a picture somewheres.. i'll look for it.
...you can go back to ignoring me now...
wubwub
stephen f roberts
wildlink.com
lugnet #160
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| (...) That would be me, like Jenn said they use the spring things from 4559. They hold up pretty well. They DID stop my GP-35 at full throttle(1). Important Safety Tip: Only try this on a carpeted floor. At the WAMALUG show they successfully stopped (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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