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Hi All,

I have a fair run of track on the Cogges Railway. Sometimes a train needs to be run, but I can't be bothered with track cleaning. A battery loco kept charged seems like the solution.

The only specification is no work to do (I don't like electrickery magic type stuff involving wires and soldering irons) and some controllability. I am not putting a price as that isn't a very sensible way to do business, but there is a budget for this :bigsmile:

Anyone help?

Ian
 
Just an idea: one of the newer battery-powered Playmobil trains, with the remote control? Though designed for their current plastic track, I presume they will also run on normal G track....?
 
The range is pretty short on the Playmobile transmitter - I find about 20 ft is pushing it.
 
Zerogee said:
Just an idea: one of the newer battery-powered Playmobil trains, with the remote control? Though designed for their current plastic track, I presume they will also run on normal G track....?
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Yep, they run fine on G SCale track.

LGB used to supply the track for Playmo; I brought some cheap off Ebay once.

It was in the blue Playmo box, but it's marked as LGB under the sleepers....
 
We have one already for the kids and they run fine, but as stockers says the radio is a bit limited. i was thinking of something a bit more grown up :bigsmile: wondering if anyone has a conversion they want to sell.
 
Yes, that was back in the days when Playmobil used track power (on, as you say, LGB track) - since their switch to battery power and their own "solid" plastic track, I wasn't sure if they had changed anything else about the locos, such as wheel design, flange depth and profile etc., that might have given problems on normal track.....
 
What about the Chinese R/C Harz 2-6-2 tank? Glendale had one on their secondhand page recently. I think you can still get them new too?
 
mine usin a recharge battery 12volts to run my loco without speed controlled..no radio controlled at all..just the battery.wirin and toggles for on and off when u want to stop.

i will try on my 11 yrs old nw-2 motor to see if can work due of 2 motors.. mine is one motor to run..i know it sound silly but like to ran on battery.....
btw..wish i need radio controlled but im not expert on it...
 
you could always buy a track cleaning loco, the moterised one... let that have a few laps around on each tack, then you can run your track powered trains... :thumbup: just as suggestion...
Phil
 
i have thought about it phil but i have heard of too many poorly ones to risk it at that price! thanks james- gizz mentioned that too I will think. Still anyone want to sell one.... go on you know you want too he he
 
CoggesRailway said:
i have thought about it phil but i have heard of too many poorly ones to risk it at that price! thanks james- gizz mentioned that too I will think. Still anyone want to sell one.... go on you know you want too he he
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It's only when you change the cleaning wheels you have to be careful...
 
jameshilton said:
What about the Chinese R/C Harz 2-6-2 tank? Glendale had one on their secondhand page recently. I think you can still get them new too?
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Good idea James, I'd forgotten about those! KGR had a new one on the shelf a couple of weeks ago when I dropped in.
 
What you really need is one with enough poke to pull a wagon with the cleaning attachment under it, then after a few laps you can run any train you like
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CoggesRailway said:
We have one already for the kids and they run fine, but as stockers says the radio is a bit limited. i was thinking of something a bit more grown up :bigsmile: wondering if anyone has a conversion they want to sell.
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