Getting back to the beginning....
I remember a radio-control battery-powered F-set article in Model Railroader
years ago.
Big advantage? Didn't need rails to run on.
Big disadvantages?
1. Makes for a good head-on crash (Gomez would be proud).
2. Couldn't steer it. String would work better there.
ken
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:49 AM, J BROWNE <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a customer who intends to run his S-scale in the garden using Radio
> Control. The batteries are to be fitted to an AM Budd RPO/Dorm. I have
> spoken to
> the installer to check out sizes, who confirms this will work!
>
> I will post any results than come to me!
>
> Best wishes Des browne, Holywood, Northern Ireland
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: shabbona_rr <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 September, 2010 13:36:38
> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Battery-powered Trains.....
>
>
> Early diesels were coupled with solid drawbars, so the equipment could be
> in a
> permanently coupled second unit. Steam locomotives, of course, would have a
> permanently coupled tender.
>
> I'll leave the details to the technocrats - I would rather run trains than
> worry
> about that.
>
> Bob Nicholson ____________________________________
>
> --- In [email protected], "Gavin" <cso...@...> wrote:
> >
> > Um.. what happens when you switch the car into a spur, and uncouple it to
> leave
> >it there?
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <pavanvliet@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Looking at the specs for the battery (14.8 volts) and the decoder,
> you
> > > could fit both in a 40-foot S-scale boxcar and run a set of wires to
> the
> > > engine to power the motor. These are designed for garden railroads, but
> > > it looks like the technology is already small enough for S. The two
> > > wires could be disguised as brake lines. If I only had about $400 to
> > > spare right now...
> > >
> > > http://www.cvpusa.com/doc_center/r4_12_pg_2010_sales_catalog.pdf
> > >
> > > - Peter.
> > >
> > > On 09/21/2010 5:42 pm, Ed wrote:
> > > >> The day of battery powered trains may not be too far off....
> > > > Gary...It is here as you read this. Click here:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.cvpusa.com/airwire900_system_info.php
> > > > Cheers...Ed L.
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter Vanvliet (pavanvliet@, or peter@)
> > > Houston, Texas
> > >
> > > "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..."
> > >
> > > http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad)
> > > http://fourthray.com/ (my company)
> > > http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club)
> > > --
> > >
> >
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