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 Posted - January 11 2012 : 7:19:45 PM
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Hi everyone. I recently picked up a giant box of trains at a train show for only $30. I was amazed to see was in there because most of the old boxcars could have easily sold for $30 separately! It was a great find. Anyways, I was looking through it today and found some old Tyco boxcars which seem to be mechanized. Can anyone tell me what they do and how they worked? Maybe I can repair them.
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 Posted - January 11 2012 : 7:31:18 PM
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The boxcar had a figure (always goes missing) and when power is applied to the contacts, it works like a soleniod pushing little boxes out the side. Then the log and ore car dump works like a electro-magnet drawing the magnet down towards the coil thus unloading the logs/ore. The button is a push button style and you push it a few times and WHOOLA! It unloads. I have a hoard of those log and ore dumps. I have a log dump set from every era if Tyco!Also, the trap door atop of the roof of the boxcar allows loading of the little boxes.
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Posted - January 11 2012 : 7:34:21 PM
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Neat! I wonder if I can get that boxcar to work again
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Posted - January 11 2012 : 7:47:25 PM
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Just clean those copper contact strips behind the actuator's parts ( plastic part with 2 "fingers") and the contact "fingers" face. Make sure the log and ore dump car's magnets (on car's bottom/floor) are positioned correctly. Just a lil' cleaning will have them unloading in no time. It takes 16 volts AC (not DC) to operate.
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Posted - January 11 2012 : 8:42:01 PM
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Cool, thanks for the help!
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