coombe junction - Sheer Magnetism...
Update - Answers on a postcard which Bond movie Roger Moore uttered that line (where's the smilie, with one eyebrow raised when you need it ) Tonight saw a little bit of progress on the moorswater board namely as the title implies to do with the automated uncoupling. As I am no electrician I decided to continue with the use of permanent magnets which seemed to work without problem on my boxfile layout of Kyle. The only difference this time is that I have buried them beneath the track whereas previously on Kyle I had them on retractable sticks, slid in and out from the baseboard edge as and when required.
I have placed one magnet on each track just before the covered area of the shed will be, to allow the loco to stop, set back a tad and release before slipping beneath the shed onto the manual sliding tray which will allow running around of the loco. The magnets are quite small but very powerful and will be beneath the concrete apron area so although its looking a bit crude at the moment, it will all get covered up! The only thing that went wrong tonight was that after burying the magnets sideways to save on space, I realised that they only work in one direction (Doh ) and so they had to be dug out and reburied with some minor repairs to the track end alignments.
I have tested it with two wagons off Kyle which have DG's fitted and it works a treat. Also pictured is the first batch of CDA's purchased. I have removed the couplings and replaced with 2FS disc wheels borrowed from my old china clay opens and I await to collect the next 5 CDA's when I visit the UK in a couple of weeks. Tomorrow night I start the sparks for this board. A few pics attached...Buenos noches...
Magnets are small but very powerful...
The magnets are located beneath the white card...bit crude but will all be covered up...
The first of a batch of Peco CDA's which await the fitting of DG's...
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