[CBQ] Re:Commercial post: need HO scale metal freight trucks for scratch buil

[Duane Koss <dak507@plateautel.net>]

Hi John,
You might want to investigate the use of a rechargeable battery running 
an LED, instead of a grain of wheat bulb, via track power. Years ago, in 
Model Railroader Magazine, was a schematic to run a rechargeable battery 
system, allowing the battery to be recharged, via track power. You still 
probably would need the trucks that you seek, but the light would be 
consistent and not effected by any crud on a track. Seems the MR article 
was in the mid 1980s.. One neat part to it was a means to turn on and 
off the lights, when the caboose left the yard for the road, using a 
magnetic switch... Electronics have evolved, even more since then... 
Just a thought....duane

Duane Koss
BNSF Clovis Sub / MP 715
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
2008-2009 CHR Coordinator
www.curtishill.com


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