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Apr 30, 2020 19:23:02   #
Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
 
In the comments, 8 locomotives and 228 cars. I did not try to count.
Video is almost 5 minutes long and you get the idea after 3 minutes.
I wonder how long this train was (in feet).
Pat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtc__nxtQSc

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Apr 30, 2020 19:28:34   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Wow.

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Apr 30, 2020 20:12:51   #
spaceylb Loc: Long Beach, N.Y.
 
cool...ill guess about 150 feet???

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May 1, 2020 01:17:59   #
Busbum Loc: 85367
 
That's amazing, when I was a youngster and had lionel trains, I could never get them to turn like that, they would always jump the tracks and pull the rest of the train with it...
Thanks for sharing...

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May 1, 2020 08:10:27   #
llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio
 
That was interesting.

~Lee

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May 1, 2020 14:47:26   #
jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
 
Do you know whether that was HO or N gauge?

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May 1, 2020 15:10:27   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Jay Pat wrote:
In the comments, 8 locomotives and 228 cars. I did not try to count.
Video is almost 5 minutes long and you get the idea after 3 minutes.
I wonder how long this train was (in feet).
Pat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtc__nxtQSc


Wow that was great!

Interesting dynamics problem. What controls the slave locomotive power? Do the locomotives have force sensors on the hitch points?

The comments were fun to read as well and I resemble many of them. ;)

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May 1, 2020 15:18:01   #
Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
 
jackm1943 wrote:
Do you know whether that was HO or N gauge?


I do not know....


JD750 wrote:
Wow that was great!

Interesting dynamics problem. What controls the slave locomotive power? Do the locomotives have force sensors on the hitch points?

The comments were fun to read as well and I resemble many of them. ;)


I think it is the use of a DCC (digital command center). You can control several locos at the same time.
I don't think there are force sensors, but there could be.....
Pat

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May 1, 2020 15:23:34   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
jackm1943 wrote:
Do you know whether that was HO or N gauge?


The title of the video is “The spiral with Ho Scale ( side view )”

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May 1, 2020 15:25:00   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Jay Pat wrote:
I think it is the use of a DCC (digital command center). You can control several locos at the same time.
I don't think there are force sensors, but there could be.....
Pat


DCC! That is impressive! Things have come a long way since I was a kid. (Yes we did have electricity back then).

I wonder about the force sensors because it seems like the pushing force would need to vary as the locomotives entered and spiraled around the loop.

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May 1, 2020 15:31:32   #
Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
 
JD750 wrote:
DCC! That is impressive! Things have come a long way since I was a kid. (Yes we did have electricity back then).

I wonder about the force sensors because it seems like the pushing force would need to vary as the locomotives entered and spiraled around the loop.


I don't know. I'm just starting to learn about this hobby.
There is a lot to learn or consider when trying to figure out what to do.

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May 1, 2020 17:37:48   #
jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
 
JD750 wrote:
The title of the video is “The spiral with Ho Scale ( side view )”


Thanks, somehow I managed to miss that.

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May 1, 2020 18:07:00   #
Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
 
jackm1943 wrote:
Thanks, somehow I managed to miss that.


So did I....

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May 1, 2020 18:19:41   #
flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley
 
Amazing!

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May 1, 2020 20:33:03   #
Leo_B Loc: Houston suburb
 
That is seriously cool.

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