Hi Folks,
The Roanoke Zoo (Mill Mountain ZooChoo) kiddy train (G-16, 16" wide track) has been inoperable for a few years and the 100hp Wisconsin VH4D 4-cyl tractor engine (about 1970'). They would like me to fix it, don't seem to know why it was abandoned. I think the engine is seized and the gasoline - varnish. It has 3 cars and goes about 1000' back & forth. Has anyone converted a mini-train, runs about 6mph for 8 hours? Maybe a 8 or 9" Advance DC motor and control? Lithium LiFePO4 is nice (with the attracted complexities of balancing/monitoring) but would ye-old cheaper Lead work in this application (maybe not run time). Original company: https://amusementparkives.com/2017/01/31/miniature-train-company/ Restored mini train, better color photos, enthusiasts: https://heritagerail.org/2018/10/remembering-the-miniature-train-company/ Have a renewable energy day, Mark Mark E. Hanson 184 Vista Lane Fincastle, VA 24090 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell REEVA: community service RE & EV project club Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) UL Certified PV Installer My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh REEVA Demo: <http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0> http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 <https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/a88920376f864ecabaed843dd89 75b8d/signature> Fincastle Solar Weather Station -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200329/6b2aa684/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
