Cable Car stations

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muns Total Posts : 785 Reward points : 3180 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Southampton, U.K. Status: offline	Re:Cable Car stations 16/07/10 11:53 PM (permalink) 0 And in position.... Yet to be fitted railings.... Attached Image(s) Mark Running trains powered through the rail with DCC from Massoth.
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muns Total Posts : 785 Reward points : 3180 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Southampton, U.K. Status: offline	Re:Cable Car stations 16/07/10 11:58 PM (permalink) 0 And to the cars themselves..... The underside of the drawbar with the teflon insert... Solar roof panel... The lighting electronics and battery are hidden inside the car Attached Image(s) Mark Running trains powered through the rail with DCC from Massoth.
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muns Total Posts : 785 Reward points : 3180 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Southampton, U.K. Status: offline	Re:Cable Car stations 17/07/10 12:01 AM (permalink) 0 Attached Image(s) Mark Running trains powered through the rail with DCC from Massoth.
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Philbahn Total Posts : 3664 Reward points : 3158 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Swinton Manchester Status: offline	Re:Cable Car stations 17/07/10 06:26 AM (permalink) 0 Looking better each day. Up here not much progress. Todays a better day . So this morning it's the indoor meeting then it's back to the cable cars.Think the best solution to the auto unit is to mount loco magnets under the cars Landquart Grusch Bahn Running RHB on Massoth I'm the boss in our house. SWMBO gave me permission to say so!
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themole Total Posts : 534 Reward points : 2903 Joined: 25/Oct/2009 Location: North Worcestershire and France Status: offline	Re:Cable Car stations 17/07/10 10:42 AM (permalink) 0 I use nylon shark fishing line, for the cable works a treat. From all good fishing tackle shops. Alyn Best wishes Alyn, North Worcestershire. Land of the mole and mole hills. Also a burrow in France.
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Re:Cable Car stations 18/07/10 01:17 PM (permalink)

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After some testing yesterday with destinguised visitors from the PBMM and Beckside works, it was determined that there still is too much friction on the running wire. The cable cars have temporary been removed from service and the drawbars have been transported to the PBMM workshops for modifications that will entail free running - that is they are having some pulleys fitted.

Mark
Running trains powered through the rail with DCC from Massoth.

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Re:Cable Car stations 18/07/10 04:16 PM (permalink)

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Brilliant Mark

The solar power bit is very neat ,another idea to store

Steve

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

4 wheels move the body. 2 wheels move the soul.

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Re:Cable Car stations 22/04/11 08:02 AM (permalink)

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Well the Cable cars were returned from Beckside works last year and stored in the workshop.

managed to make a start on the lower station. Restrung the cables and made a little vid....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84agJK2SAPA

Scince then I have added magnets to the cars and temporary located some reed switches to trigger the slowing down and stopping of the cars.

Mark
Running trains powered through the rail with DCC from Massoth.

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muns Total Posts : 785 Reward points : 3180 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Southampton, U.K. Status: offline	Re:Cable Car stations 22/04/11 08:05 AM (permalink) 0 One of the light units has failed so another job to do is work out why and possibly fit brighter LEDs as you can hardly tell that they are on (probably due to the green windows. Mark Running trains powered through the rail with DCC from Massoth.
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trammayo Total Posts : 2112 Reward points : 3109 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Co. Mayo Status: offline	Re:Cable Car stations 22/04/11 11:11 AM (permalink) 0 Like it! Certainly a departure from the usual cab views! Mick - always learning something new (then forgetting it).
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Re:Cable Car stations 11/05/11 09:36 AM (permalink)

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The lower station is almost complete, just needs doors and railings. It has interior lighting (solar powered of course).
The cars have magnets attached to the top of the support frame where it pivots on the draw bar to trigger reed switches which in turn tells the Massoth 1200Z (via a feedback module) to stop the cars and reverse direction after a 30sec period.

I will post some pictures at some point.

Mark
Running trains powered through the rail with DCC from Massoth.

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