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How do LEGO trains work?
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 21 Oct 2000 08:36:42 GMT
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This is probably going to seem really silly to all of you,
but how do LEGO trains work? Based on the references to
9V vs. 12V, etc. I suspect that they're actually motorized,
working trains, but maybe that's only for lights and things?
Or do you stick a battery in the engine, or does it transmit
current across the track? Or does it depend on the set?
This is something that I'd like to get into, but I really
have no idea where to start. I was thinking of buying
#4565 (Freight & Crane Railway) along with a #4548 (speed
regulator). Is that enough to get me going?
Thanks for any advice,
Chris
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: How do LEGO trains work?
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| "Christopher Lindsey" <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote in message news:39F1559A.FC05BF...orn.com... (...) The trains are motorised. The first trains carried battery packs, but the 12V and 9V pick up current via the track (12V had a seperate (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: How do LEGO trains work?
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| (...) The trains are motorized, and some are lit (the engine in 4565 has a light for one end - I've wired mine for lighting at both ends). You may want to ask around for a regulator (MA13 has two with no bids right now for $9.99 for example). 4565 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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