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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: rrowan on July 13, 2015,

Title: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: rrowan on July 13, 2015,

Hi Folks,

Since all of the bosses are out this week at a conference. I figured it would fun and safe to bring in my smallest engine and gondola car. I have a point to point controller which needs a diode at each end to stop the engine along with letting the controller know the train has stopped. The controller has a built in timer that runs and then sends the train in the opposite direction until it crosses a diode at the other end and then continues the process. Normally the track I use the controller on is connected to a track about 62 feet long. This track is a total of 6 feet and 5 inches.

Rick R.

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: KeithTarpley on July 13, 2015,

Greetings,,,

Is it just me or is that an anti-gravity choo choo?

 <res.

Keith

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: dmaccole on July 13, 2015,

Hard to tell, but that looks pretty big ... 1:48 scale? 1:32? 1:29?

\dmc

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: rrowan on July 13, 2015,

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Hard to tell, but that looks pretty big ... 1:48 scale? 1:32? 1:29?

\dmc

Aristocraft center cab switcher (fake engine) two short noses and a cab from the RS-3. 1:29 scale

Rick R.

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: tbone321 on July 13, 2015,

How did you get it to straight down with controlled speed?  ;D

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: rrowan on July 14, 2015,

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How did you get it to straight down with controlled speed?  ;D

Hi Tom,

Solid brass track keeps the train mostly straight  ;). Its using a old transformer (from my son's Lionel G scale Thomas the Tank engine set ~1992) with a speed dial. Then there is a small controller that reverses the train call mini-motorman. See the picture, sadly you can't buy that unit anymore. I knew the guy who designed and sold them. I think he was getting tired of the business and when the Australia battery mafia (not a real mafia just what everyone call them) started to harass him he shut down the business. Sad since he made some awesome stuff.

Rick R.

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: dmaccole on July 14, 2015,

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... sadly you can't buy that unit anymore. ...

FWIW, here's one designed by some people I know ...

http://www.railclamp.com.usrfiles.com/html/aae91f_b6281b5c084714380d4ccb7d4907b4f4.html#!/Reversing-Unit-2amp-Model-100-B1/p/14547583/category=3439639

There's a 10-amp unit as well. Much pricier than I thought they'd be.

\dmc

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: rrowan on July 14, 2015,

I have a bunch of  brass split jaw rail clamps they work great. Thanks for the link, not really looking for a replacement unit at this time. I do have a spare I brought and the first one has been in used since 2003ish

Thanks

Rick R.

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: RJ on July 15, 2015,

Wow!

I would of thought it would fall off the track like that!

RJ

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: KeithTarpley on July 15, 2015,

Greetings,,,

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Wow!

I would of thought it would fall off the track like that!

RJ

Must be what the rail clamps are for...

Keith

Title: Re: Needed a little bit of fun at work
Post by: RJ on July 15, 2015,

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Greetings,,,

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Wow!

I would of thought it would fall off the track like that!

RJ

Must be what the rail clamps are for...

Keith

Maybe Maglev ?  <res.

RJ