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I normally post on CTT, but saw this news item that might be of interest to, and affect, many of you all. [quote]Mike’s Train House Inc. claims Robert Grubba has a history of stealing such prized intellectual property in their niche industry. In its most recent suit filed Oct. 8, MTH alleges that the company where Grubba is now president, Broadway Limited Imports, stole the patented microprocessing technology that synchronizes puffing smoke with the “chuffing” of the engine in a particular model
I have two of them-one with a big spindle and one with a small spindle. I find that, using the same helicopter, the small spindle one launches the helicopter several feet into the air-sometimes it hits the ceiling, and sometimes not. Flight time is, as you mentioned, only a couple of seconds, as the helicopter will pretty much fly until the blades stop and then freefall back down. I've not broken a tail fin yet, but the windshield has popped out of my repro helicopter several times(superglue
In my experience, they're a quality made car and can be helpful for spotting voltage drops on your layout. The biggest problem is that, at least on my layout, the meter's impossible to read from many angles, rendering the car useless. The big light on top works just as well for spotting voltage drops, but obviously any car with a light works just as well in this respect. Radio Shack sells a voltmeter with an RS-232 interface. I've been toying with ideas for a while about how I can rig
No, not at all. K-line did make some O27 profile switches. The bases on all of these were molded in brown plastic, to match the MPC and later Lionel O27 track and switches. These came in remote and manual. There was an earlier version, which used two big colored incandescent lamps next to each other for direction indicators. The later version used the low profile motor housing, with two LEDs. These were made as both O27 and O42 switches. They also made a couple of different switches in O gauge. As
To add to the already excellent and thorough advice you've received so far: As a general rule, single throttle transformers(like the 1033, 1044, and LW) use A as the common. Multiple throttle transformers in general use U as the common. If you don't already have a copy, the repair manuals(either by Greenburgs or K-line) have copies of the instruction sheets for all of the transformers that will tell you this(and what voltages various terminal combinations will give). They're definitely
You can't upgrade them to Legacy(yet), but you can upgrade them to TMCC. TMCC engines can be controlled just fine under Legacy, although you don't get all of the Legacy features. www.digitdynam.com and www.electricrr.com will supply you with the necessary electronics to do this. Either one is great to buy from and great to deal with, and about comparable in price. Both also supply detailed step-by-step instructions for installation.
What you describe sounds like a Lionel ZW, and yes the control levers do work as you describe. Lionel trains normally are run on AC, although the postwar ones will work on either AC or DC. The whistle or horn is controlled by something called a slugged relay, which is unaffected by AC, but closes when powered by DC. The whistle control switches a copper-oxide rectifier into the circuit, in parallel with a resistor. This arrangement allows a small amount of DC leakage into the AC waveform-just enough
You and I must be looking at different catalogs. Here are the prices from my '09 Signature catalog 6-65572 O72 Straight $6.29 65165/65166 O72 Switch $139.99 65540 90 degree crossing $18.99 Even for Fastrack, I see the following 6-12041 O72 Curve $6.89 6-12048/49 O72 remote switch $103.99 6-12019 90 degree crossover $22.99 I see 771 curves listed for anywhere from $12 to $25, depending on condition. 730 crossings are $40. The only thing where you might have a point are on the 731 switches, which
I don't know of any website similar to postwarlionel.com for prewar. Probably your best bet is to pick up a copy of David Doyle's Standard Catalog of Lionel Trains, 1900-1942. It lists pretty much everything, including major variations, and has a whole lot of pictures. It's also very reasonably priced.
I couldn't find anything resembling your set listed in David Doyle's Standard Catalog of Lionel Trains, which probably means that it was an uncataloged set(made for Sears, Montgomery-Ward, etc). I can, though, give you date ranges on the pieces you list, which will at least give you an idea of when it was made. The 242 was made from 1962 to 1966. The '62 to '63 versions had thick running boards and a platform for the bell, while the newer ones had thinner running boards and no bell
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