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Re: Catenary and/or Trolley wire
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:35:21 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Rick Clark wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
   Have folks done trolley wire or catenary?

--snip--

  
For the first show I do this for, I think I am going to go with just the poles and leave the wire out, but eventually I would like (simulated) wire if I can suss out how to do it.

What abour http://peeron.com/inv/parts/342c01? It comes in lengths of up to 23L so you might have to join it midway.

Tim

Interesting... How to join it in a smooth and clean way? That seems to present the same problem as how to attach the string, you end up with something sticking below the plane of the string that the trolley pole or pantograph would (if actually engaged, I plan to run them a bit below as it’s non functional) snag on...

For trolleys maybe you could use http://peeron.com/inv/parts/4081b or http://peeron.com/inv/parts/6019 which protrude only a little.

You could also possibly mount these horizontally from your poles, and simply wrap string around the end. May be difficult to get enough clearance on bends though.

You could also tie string between poles mounted on opposite sides of the track(s) and attach the trolley “wire” to these cross wires by sandwiching between dots or 1x1 plates. Snag possibility may be higher, but very easy to setup/adjust/tear down.

ROSCO



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  Re: Catenary and/or Trolley wire
 
(...) For trolleys maybe you could use (URL) or (URL) which protrude only a little. Catenary would probably be more difficult, can't think of a good (LEGO only) way to do those. ROSCO (14 years ago, 14-Oct-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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