I don’t know if this has been posted before and I don’t really care. The DC thing is completely fragmented and unusable on a small scale. For instance the LifeLike power pack that came with my train-set from Toys R us is good but it just does not run my IHC diesel well at low speeds. Now, my gripe is that all railroads, REAL RAILROADS, there are special locomotives that are used for yard-work called switching locomotives. These are supposed to be able to run smoothly without jerking and stuttering all over the place at low speeds. The LifeLike power pack should be able to handle this. I know that there are more expensive DC power packs that can do this but I think the current setup is short sighted at best and illustrates the complete lack of understanding of the problem at the worst. [}:)]
you forgot to add that real railroads have locos that run into eachother HEAD ON.
You’d think they’d have figured this one out by now…[(-D]
But can it make toast or not?
It’s probably your IHC diesel. I’ve got a SD24 and it won’t run slow. It jerks like crazy. Stalls all the time and runs WAY too fast. Not to mention it needs weight and has no fly wheel drive.
I’m running mine on a MRC Tech II 1400.
Edit-Oh, I get it.[V] I didn’t see that other post. Never mind…
With DC you can only make one slice of toast at a time. If you put multiple slices of bread in, they’ll all toast at exactly the same rate.
DCC allows you to toast multiple slices at different rates even at the same time.
I got tired of burning my toast, so I went DCC.
Toys are us? Try Trains are us for your next buy.
And, I believe, DCC allows your toast to have head-on collisions at the butter tray (or, possibly, near the jam jar).
Ah, yes, but DCC allows you to let your computer operate the condiments… thereby reducing the possibility of a “butter-tray meet.”
Yeah, but it still lands on the floor butter side down if you drop it. When are they going to FIX this problem?
Andre
well, see… thats when you tape the toast to a cat… 6" from the floor, the toast-covered cat will stop falling and just continue slowly spinning in place until such time as you see fit to release both from their predicament…
I wouldn’t eat the toast afterwards though…
It’s also much easier to apply other condiments while the cat is spinning.
Oh, boy! I’m onboard with anything involving taping things to cats and then dropping them!
I new a guy in the Canadian Forces who found a quick way to improve his move on postings. He took hold of the family cat, did a quick wrap with six turns of gun-tape, and threw it into the moving van when no one was looking…cat seemed fine at the other end.
Okay, a bit pissed…but,…you know?
That’s CV 29, I think. Unfortunately, then you can’t get it to land butter side down without reversing the CV again.
Let me see if I understand this post. Your cheap train set, bought at a discounted price, came with a power pack that you like, but won’t run your other locomotive at the slow speed you think it should run. Your other locomotive is an IHC diesel, also known for being low end equipment.
Do you know whether your IHC diesel runs smoothly and slowly on another power pack? Does your Life-Like train set run slowly and smoothly with your power pack? Or are you just contending for the Whiner of the Week (WOW!) award?
One of the reliable ways to earn the WOW! award is to complain bitterly that cheap trains won’t run as well as those priced hundreds of dollars more. If the cheap trains did run as well a Kato or Atlas, we’d have all the guys who paid the extra $100 for supposedly better locomotives whining that theirs didn’t run any better than the cheap stuff after they paid all that extra money. Some cheese with your wine?[dinner]
You need to buy your trains at a Hobby Shop not a toy store.
You did’nt! [swg]
It was a sarcastic paraphrase of another post that spawned numerous toast references.
http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1111321/ShowPost.aspx
Things have been a little goofy on the board today.
My personal toast preference is the kind that proceeds the convivial enjoyment of an adult beverage.
If it is French Toast we are talking about, then you got a whole other issue to deal with.
I mean, some signaling might be required to keep the syrup and the powdered sugar from crossing two pieces of toast at the same time… [8D]
Simon
Didn’t see the other post for a while (it’s buried back on the 2nd page now). Yeah, I fell hook, line, and sinker. Thanks for the laugh!
I still think the WOW! award isn’t a half bad idea. [}:)]
Fred W
Simple Simon:
YOUR WORDS:
LIFE LIKE & TOYS R US are in the business of making profits by selling toys to Children. (Nuff said).