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Walk around throttle

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Anonymous
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Walk around throttle
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:44 PM
Does anyone have the plans for a walk around thottle that has a plug system which allows the train to keep moving while you unplug and move on to a new plug in ?
I have three transistor throttles and want to move along with the train with out strangleing my follow operators on long cables.
Mike
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cacole
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Posted by cacole on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:46 PM
If you're looking for a do-it-yourself system, check out the Cooler Crawler walk around DC throttle system offered by TracTronics. (http://www.tractronics.com)
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jfugate
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Posted by jfugate on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:48 PM
Of course, wireless DCC solves this issue completely ... ;-)

Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon

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fiatfan
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Posted by fiatfan on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:53 PM
Another source of circuits is the Aramdillo and Western RR ( www.awrr.com ).

Tom

PS [#welcome] to the forum!

Life is simple - eat, drink, play with trains!

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PA&ERR "If you think you are doing something stupid, you're probably right!"

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cwclark
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Posted by cwclark on Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:17 AM
Kalmbach publications has a book called "Electronic projects for Model Railroaders" it has plans for a hand held throttle in it with memory...Chuck

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