Back in the 1980s there were a few articles in Model Railroading or RMJ by a fellow building a layout based loosely on the Fells Point area of Baltimore. Rather than trying to build the special track work required with full gapping to prevent shorts, he made a controller with batteries, a pot and direction switch in a box and a cable ending in a phono plug which jacked into the roof of his boxcab diesel. Workable (as long as you don't have anything over the tracks) but certainly ugly!
Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 9/22/10, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Battery-powered Trains..... > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 1:23 PM > On the Rock Mountain segment of the > Milwaukee's electrified segment, the > shop goat did have an extension cord to power the one truck > wonder. > There is a video out that shows it moving a Little Joe > around the > roundhouse-- lots of fussing and sparks flying. > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com, > > > > > For the string guys who want the fixins, I guess you > could run an > > extension cord along the string. :-) Not sure what the > key wind up > > guys have to do . . . . > > > > Cheers, > > > > John Gibson > > Rocklin, CA > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
