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Re: matching motor speeds on mutli-motor trains
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:49:44 GMT
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John Gerlach wrote:
> Yep, there's a black o-ring around each of the motor wheels, they ride on top
> of each rail. The weight of the motor helps provide traction (prototypical,
> eh Lar?), that's why I put at least two or three weight elements in each of my
> locomotives.
I've noticed that the small (and stupid) engines that come with the 4559 & 4560/1
slip VERY easy. The 4565 engine is pretty good. But the all time best is my RCX
Train. With the RCX right above the motor it NEVER slips! Even with 20 cars! The
downside is if it gets stuck. It jams the motor... Plus with my special modified
motor the heat switch doesn't work anymore...
Dean
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 | | Re: matching motor speeds on mutli-motor trains
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| (...) Just add about $1 worth of pennies to your locos...that works great as ballast. I had my Metroliner with a battery box in it for a while (6V, by blanking 2 batteries off) and it ran fine up and down any imaginable hill. James (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: matching motor speeds on mutli-motor trains
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| (...) Yep, there's a black o-ring around each of the motor wheels, they ride on top of each rail. The weight of the motor helps provide traction (prototypical, eh Lar?), that's why I put at least two or three weight elements in each of my (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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