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Re: How do LEGO trains work?
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Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:00:24 GMT
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"Christopher Lindsey" <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote in message
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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?
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 electric
element on the track while in 9V the track itself passes the current).
Lights get their electricity from that track too (it is passed via the
motor) and uses the standard 9V lighting elements and 9V connection wires as
used in some Technic sets.
> Or do you stick a battery in the engine, or does it transmit
> current across the track? Or does it depend on the set?
Some older trains and DUPLO trains carry their own power but the 9V train
line all get their power from the track.
> 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?
Yup, that's all you need to get a train running. The oval track that comes
with the train is a bit small so you might want to get some extra track.
Happy building!
--
Frank Buiting
Visit the LEGO Lexicon: http://members.chello.nl/~f.buiting/lego/
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| (...) Great, thanks! And I appreciate the tip about the extra track... This year there'll be a LEGO train running around the Christmas tree! Chris (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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