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Re: Tapping into the Track's electricity
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 26 Jan 2001 21:51:50 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Jeff Christner writes:
> > On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 03:20:17 GMT, "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby writes:
> > > >
> > > > Yes, that would work, I've used that several times like in my Road Crossing. • But
> > > > two LED's gets bulky.
> > >
> > > But it has another advantage - if you use one red & one clear (white) at each
> > > end, you can have automatic head / tail lights on your engine.
> > >
> > > ROSCO
> >
> > What kind of engine's have tail lights?
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> > I'm aware of some light rail/passenger type trains with white and red
> > lights on both ends, to run either way, but I haven't seen different
> > colored lights on engines other then marker lights which aren't really
> > in much use anymore. Most engines (in the US anyway) just have
> > headlights and ditch lights on each end along with small lights to
> > light up the steps, walkways, and number boards when needed.
> >
> > Jeff Christner
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> I was under the impression that white light(s) at the front of a train and
> red light(s) at the rear were a legal requirement, at least in the UK if not
> the rest of the world. In fact, I've been on one isolated private restored
> line that just carries one carriage of passengers along an old mining track
> on privately owned land, and they're legally obliged to swap the lights from
> one end to the other for the return trip.
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> Jason.
In the US they only need headlights
Josh
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| (...) On freight trains in the US(specifically the FEC RR and probably others) they use an "End of Train" device that appears to onlookers as a small box with a slow flashing strobe light, although how you would configure the flash is beyond me. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tapping into the Track's electricity
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| (...) I was under the impression that white light(s) at the front of a train and red light(s) at the rear were a legal requirement, at least in the UK if not the rest of the world. In fact, I've been on one isolated private restored line that just (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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