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 Posted - March 18 2016 : 11:41:35 PM
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Long before the Bachmann E-Z App Bluetooth system, and before DCC became more common, Bachmann had what they called the "Touch-N-Go" system for HO-scale. It consisted of a battery-operated HO locomotive (mainly a GP40) and a wireless battery-operated remote control, to operate the locomotive using infrared remote technology.
It first came out in early 1988, and was still being used until some time in the mid-90s. The locomotives did not need an external power supply, and thus, it was ideal for easily operating two trains independently at the same time on a model railroad layout without the need for blocking or anything. The locomotives were your typical 80s/90s-style Bachmann GP40, with the cheap pancake motor and such; the battery case would be in the fuel tank on the bottom.
HOseeker.net has the instructions for them...
http://hoseeker.net/assemblyexplosionbachmann/bachmanntouchngosystempg1.jpg
http://hoseeker.net/assemblyexplosionbachmann/bachmanntouchngosystempg2.jpg
http://hoseeker.net/assemblyexplosionbachmann/bachmanntouchngosystempg3.jpg
Pretty neat stuff, although DCC and the new Bluetooth locomotives have now pretty much rendered this type of system obsolete. (BlueRail Trains is making Bluetooth decoders that can make a locomotive battery-operated.)
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Posted - March 19 2016 : 4:31:02 PM
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You might want to check your image name, it's not displaying properly.
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Posted - April 20 2016 : 6:55:40 PM
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If you try to go after the image via the URL, it comes back a s 403 forbidden. Does that photo website require a logon? I'm thinking the pictures are not open to the whole internet public.
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Posted - April 21 2016 : 07:45:15 AM
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this is same diagrams,since posting my links the originals started working,weird
http://hoseeker.net/assemblyexplosionbachmann/bachmanntouchngosystempg1.jpg
http://hoseeker.net/assemblyexplosionbachmann/bachmanntouchngosystempg2.jpg
http://hoseeker.net/assemblyexplosionbachmann/bachmanntouchngosystempg3.jpg
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Edited by - catfordken on April 21 2016 4:09:42 PM
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Posted - April 21 2016 : 5:02:39 PM
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still getting the 403 message on the links
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 21 2016 : 6:00:03 PM
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quote:still getting the 403 message on the links
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â April 21 2016Â :Â 5:02:39 PM
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Me too.
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Posted - April 22 2016 : 09:36:56 AM
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no idea whats happening,its the same link as ho seeker has always been,so here are pictures instead
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Posted - April 22 2016 : 7:10:03 PM
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Thanks for the pictures, Ken. A little internet research didn't turn up much, but apparently, the functionality was limited to forward-stop-reverse-stop-forward-etc. One action per push of the button. If there was more control of the locomotive, it would be fun to get a few and run them on track power as a poor man's DCC system - just for the heck of it.
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