04-10-2010, 11:01 AM
correct ho outdoors
it was popular years ago but the electrical problems were the killer (afaik there were little problem with tracks warping etc)
the person I was chatting to had one ages ago but wanted to make it reliable electrically and like the idiot i am, said I would see if I could think up a way of doing it
best part is that if my initial ideas are usable- then on his dc layout although `outside' would have its own `block/controller' no mods would be needed to the loco itself... just isolation blocks between `inside' and `outside' loops
(possibly even dcc locos could be used on the dc emulation mode- IF its not too high a voltage for dcc to handle- havent been able to find that info out yet...)
it was popular years ago but the electrical problems were the killer (afaik there were little problem with tracks warping etc)
the person I was chatting to had one ages ago but wanted to make it reliable electrically and like the idiot i am, said I would see if I could think up a way of doing it
best part is that if my initial ideas are usable- then on his dc layout although `outside' would have its own `block/controller' no mods would be needed to the loco itself... just isolation blocks between `inside' and `outside' loops
(possibly even dcc locos could be used on the dc emulation mode- IF its not too high a voltage for dcc to handle- havent been able to find that info out yet...)
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