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Just a question for the group: Has anyone ever installed a battery system in a loco and kept the rails powered to continuously recharge the batteries while you run the train? I would think that installing a float charger in the locomotive for the batteries and increasing the track voltage would give you the best of both worlds. You wouldn't have to install a large battery bank, and you could run pretty much forever with the train being powered over those sections of bad track. You could have the smoke unit powered off the rails, but not being operated from the battery. Just a thought from somone that routinely installs battery banks to power equipment while continuously float charging them. Mark in Utah
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