Hi tech rolling stock?

[NWP SWP]

In this day of computers the size of a pennies and other such compact technological wonders has anyone tried adding RFID to their rolling stock to track it's movements over the line? Or how bout a small motor on a decoder to simulate brakes, momentum, and inertia in rolling stock? Or a model railroad interchange where cars travel over multiple railroads to simulate the life of an actual railcar?

[moelarrycurly4]

There was an RFID article in MR a year or so back. Prob with motors ect in rolling stock is you are adding weight 

[mbinsewi]

Yep, Dec., 2014.  A very detailed article.

Mike.

[Gmurls]

Hi

I am interested in adding detection through RFID on my layout. I have a HO DCC layout. I have been reading up quiet a bit on RFIDs and searching the internet for cheap readers. There seem to be a few readers and tags that come close. But I am looking to see if anyone has tried RFID to identify the locomotive and its location.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Regards

Gmurls

 

[rrinker]

 There's now a commercial product for RFID available. No programming your own Arduino or any of that. Was just shown at the national Train Shoow. Trainn Traxx is the company.

                                   --Randy

[jrbernier]

  Train Trax has the stuff.  A starter set with some basic H/W and 'beta' software is $180.  A full featured system with H/W  and their S/W is around $500?

[SeeYou190]

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Please stick around and keep up up to date on this project. It sounds interesting.

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-Kevin

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[riogrande5761]

Did someone ask about Hi-tech rolling stock?

http://www.hitechdetails.com/

Yes, there is Hi-tech rolling stock - baby hi-cube box cars and detail parts.

[Gmurls]

Thanks. I read up on the Train Traxx. Sound very interesting. I am now looking at the cost and detailed design for my layout using train traxx. I will post how it goes.

 

Regards

GMurls

 

[joe323]

Interesting thread I just watched an Northfolk Southern video on how the prototype uses RFID to spot containers in an intermodal yard for crain operation.