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Re: End of 9V train line?!
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:14:14 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Sonnich Jensen writes:
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> Latest news on points and crossings (one member of the www.1000.steine.de Forum
> phoned with Lego® marketing):
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> - both sets will be discontinued (transformer also) and only a new transformer
> will appear in 2001.
In one way this is good news. A new transformer means that trains will
continue in one form or another.
My guess is that the 'new' transformer will include some expansion port like
the grey 12V transformer. This matches with other rumours I have heard about
remote controlled signals.
> This means the end of 9V trains in my eyes: what will you dou with nothing but
> an oval track layout?! Imagine: no points.... :-(
I'm pretty sure if train continues that new type of points will be there
too. Like you said, what fun is just an oval track?
-Frank
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| There might be a pretty good reason for this: The current points switch the current as well, and for an automated layout it is not very usefull; so new points which DO NOT switch the current are needed. Maybe things make sence anyway. We can dicuss (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: End of 9V train line?!
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| Frank, Thanks for your input on this. It seems that a new transformer could be the "backbone" of an expanded 9-volt line with automated everything... Bryan "Frank Buiting" <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in message news:G575zq.J4C@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: End of 9V train line?!
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| In lugnet.trains, Sonnich Jensen writes: Latest news on points and crossings (one member of the www.1000.steine.de Forum phoned with Lego® marketing): - both sets will be discontinued (transformer also) and only a new transformer will appear in (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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