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Re: What sorts of power do you use for your locos?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:01 pm
by daan
It's odd to see that track power is far less common in the UK then battery or live steam. I guess if asked on the continent, the analogue and digital track powered users would outnumber battery or live steamers any time.
On my railway 2 live steamlocomotives and 3 battery diesel locomotives, one of them is mainly sucking the life out of 24 batteries at once, transferring it into a little bit of movement, so is not used very much..
Re: What sorts of power do you use for your locos?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:37 pm
by ge_rik
daan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:01 pm
It's odd to see that track power is far less common in the UK then battery or live steam. I guess if asked on the continent, the analogue and digital track powered users would outnumber battery or live steamers any time.
On my railway 2 live steamlocomotives and 3 battery diesel locomotives, one of them is mainly sucking the life out of 24 batteries at once, transferring it into a little bit of movement, so is not used very much..
24 batteries?? Are they 1.2v each? That's a really hungry loco. None of my locos is powered by more than 12v and I run quite heavy trains.
Rik
Re: What sorts of power do you use for your locos?
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:23 pm
by FWLR
I wouldn’t have track power, it’s bad enough indoors without all the hassle of trying to keep the rails clean thank you...
Re: What sorts of power do you use for your locos?
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:47 pm
by Big Jim
I'd love to bore everyone with a construction thread at some point. So you might have to wait for the video
I would love to see a construction thread about this.
Re: What sorts of power do you use for your locos?
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 7:29 pm
by Johnnie2sheds
Jim I was referring to a new railway. Theres a bit of a write up on the bloggy thing ( link below), with circuit diagrams and stuff
Re: What sorts of power do you use for your locos?
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:24 am
by dewintondave
Live diesel. It's the next big thing!