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Hi, <br />I am from New Zealand and I also have just started with G scale as an "extention" to my HO modeling of 26 years, and I have decided from the start to go with R/C and battery power. I purchased a Bachman Big hauler "Tweetsie" set to start with which I have done some modification to in order to run on battery power. As an experiment I wired in a small electronic socket and plug on the loco and put a 14.4 Volt battery pack of a Cordless drill on the flat car. I hooked this up with crocodile clips and let the train run on a 12 ft oval track with all the cars of the set plus a caboose. Well, I was blown away by the fact that it went for about 4 hours on a fully charged battery. But realistically a 3 hour period would be about average. Like Les, I have also been looking at the cheap R/C cars available with the idea of using the speed controller from one. By the way, the drill only cost me me NZ$49 and it came with 2 batteries, I have had a good look in the tender and figured I can install the battery with all the RC gear in it and maybe still retain the sound system if I relocate it. I will have to increase the "coal" load or make it an oil fired loco. <br />Rob.
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