Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:38 pm
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Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
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Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:40 pm
Lionel’s Trutrack Experiment
by: BY DAVE FARQUHAR | FEBRUARY 17, 2022
https://dfarq.homeip.net/lionels-trutrack-experiment/
by: BY DAVE FARQUHAR | FEBRUARY 17, 2022
https://dfarq.homeip.net/lionels-trutrack-experiment/
Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:37 am
Dave Farquhar has a nice blog, almost always a great read. He's the king of frugal. I've gotten many great tips there, especially on making minor repairs/upgrades to PCs.
He seems a bottom-feeder when it comes to toy trains, a lot like me.
He seems a bottom-feeder when it comes to toy trains, a lot like me.
Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:37 am
As I recall he used to post on MTJ some years ago. I think he lives in St Louis Mo ?
Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:12 pm
Sounds right.
Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:27 am
Wayne,
Thanks for the link to Dave Farquar's site. I can spend hours there.
Richard
Thanks for the link to Dave Farquar's site. I can spend hours there.
Richard
Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:03 am
Oh wow, Wayne! Thanks for that little tidbit. I had never heard of this product. (And now I know why! 
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The track sounds like a great concept, very badly executed.
Our first house, built in 1974 (we bought it in 1990) had some aluminum wiring (most had been replaced fortunately). What a clusterf*** that was!
As to Fastrack, it seems to work pretty well, albeit a bit noisy. It is much superior to the MTH offering, which tends to have plastic mounting pins fail after a number of assemblies and disassemblies. At least that was our experience in the shop.
George
)The track sounds like a great concept, very badly executed.
Our first house, built in 1974 (we bought it in 1990) had some aluminum wiring (most had been replaced fortunately). What a clusterf*** that was!
As to Fastrack, it seems to work pretty well, albeit a bit noisy. It is much superior to the MTH offering, which tends to have plastic mounting pins fail after a number of assemblies and disassemblies. At least that was our experience in the shop.
George
Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:02 pm
Like MTH realcrap, it fails miserably.
Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:40 pm
jlong wrote:Like MTH realcrap, it fails miserably.
Nothing new there, I'm afraid.
There's a hysterical discussion over on OGR regarding the new "wireless" TIU that requires the handheld be wired to it to operate.
Some people are happy that the TIU has appeared in the Atlas catalog. I guess that's because they need another way to fail.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/dcs ... 1795651638
You can't make this up.
George
Re: Before Fastrack there was Trutrack
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:17 pm
G3750 wrote:jlong wrote:Like MTH realcrap, it fails miserably.
Nothing new there, I'm afraid.
There's a hysterical discussion over on OGR regarding the new "wireless" TIU that requires the handheld be wired to it to operate.
Some people are happy that the TIU has appeared in the Atlas catalog. I guess that's because they need another way to fail.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/dcs ... 1795651638
You can't make this up.
George
gunrunner tried to knock some sense into them. Fail.