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CHEAP train detector wanted

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CHEAP train detector wanted
Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:05 PM

OK, I can read the circuit posted earlier, but look, I have a whole barn full of dead mice. What say I open some up and recover the parts. How would you make a train detector from these parts.

Thanks, The LION

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by rrinker on Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:34 PM

 New update to the old Twin-T, called Twin-Squeak?

           --Randy


Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's

 

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Posted by hardcoalcase on Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:39 PM

I have staging which will be hidden from view by a ridge of scenery.  I plan to mount small mirrors on the ceiling, arranged so I can view the tracks while standing at the control panel.

Jim

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:50 PM

Oh, I can see the train alright, at least at Dyckman Street, but I need a bell to wake up that big 1:1 oaf in the control tower so that he will know that a train is waiting at the signal and needs a line into the terminal. Some stations on the NYCT have buttons that the T/O can push to let the tower know that he is waiting and where it is that he wants to go. Some of these buttons are real sneaky, and actually align the switch. If you pust the wrong button you WILL go the wrong way. And try to explain that one to the trainmaster!

ROAR

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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