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Re: WHAT IF? Take a look!
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:55:32 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
James Powell wrote:
I find that haulage is limited more by couplers than by motor.  I could haul
85+ cars with a single motor, and the limit was that the coupler would • break,
not the motor stalling (although, you had to pull slack to get the train
moving...that is a realistic effect of a heavy train)

One thing I know I would buy, would almost be willing to bet (1) Larry
would buy, and I'm sure others would buy, is if Kadee happened to decide
that LEGO trains needed the benefit of their superior couplers

I'm not as pure as I used to be(1), I'd buy these. I'd also buy a hobbyist
implementation of DCC as long as I didn't have to do any work to assemble
electronics that involved soldering.

1 - just the other night I *cut* some tubing! :-)

++Lar



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(...) Now is that Larry or his evil twin double speaking... Must be his double, Larry would never make the misteak of posting twice posting twice... FUT: lugnet.off-topic.fun (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) One thing I know I would buy, would almost be willing to bet (1) Larry would buy, and I'm sure others would buy, is if Kadee happened to decide that LEGO trains needed the benefit of their superior couplers (this actually could probably be (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)

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