 | | Re: newbie question —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) Interesting question. (welcome, by the way!) I would speculate that TLG is not likely to change any time soon, because 9V works reliably and looks good. The reason for the change away from 12V was that it did not work very well, and the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: newbie question —Matthew Bates
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| | | | (...) As Larry says, the 12V system was not terribly reliable and was really an afterthought to the original 4.5V battery trains. Also it was not compatible with the new 9V stuff that came out in the late 80's with the very cool conducting studs. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: newbie question —Christopher Masi
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| | | | (...) I remember seeing springs pushing down on the 12V pickups when I took my 12V motor appart. By the way, I do NOT recommend taking the 12V motor appart. I had to glue mine back together. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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