There's been an interesting dsicussion on this topic on one of the Canadian model groups. If anyone's interested, I will forward the more salient messages. cheers
> To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:41:06 +0000 > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Battery-operated Radio Control DCC > > There's been a lot of discussion the last year on the OGR 2R Forum about > battery power. One prolific modeler whose articles appear frequently in OSN > has switched entirely to battery power with his 1st install being a 44 > tonner. The batteries are contained in the loco and he gets an hour or better > of switching/run time per charge. Not a lot of time for mainline running I'll > admit, but certainly a good start. > > It seems battery technology has advanced to the point that self contained > battery operation is possible in smaller locos and I think this would include > "S". Actually, battery power has been possible for years if you didn't mind a > tag-along battery boxcar to house the batteries. > > The hope is that one of the major manufacuters (Bachmann, Lionel, MTH, Atlas, > Etc., will jump in and the technology should advance substantially. > > The thought of simplfied wiring and lack of shorts sounds very interesting > since I'm working up plans for a layout. > > Butch > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
