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Re: Tapping into the Track's electricity
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:44:31 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Doug Pegram writes:
> > 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.
> Doug
Well, you could use roof lights from a 'Light & Sound' set, with the
appropriate coloured cap on. Build it half in and half out of your rear
wagon. It may flash a bit fast, and I'm not sure how it would work with
track power so it may be best to use a separate battery box.
Does the train power use a variable voltage or is it pulsed? And if it's
not pulsed, what on earth is inside that control box?
Jason.
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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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