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A five-car Amtrak Turbo would need a box more than two feet long. We could split the nine-car VIA/CN sets in two to fit the same length box.
Don't forget about the 37-car version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAU1wF1Qgw
Can you do the electrical connections similar to how Apple handles their power adapters on their laptops? Magnets hold the connector In place but easily give way when pulled apart deliberately or accidentally. Martin Z
Can you try something along the technology of those magnetic chargers that you see for cell phones nowadays? For example:https://www.amazon.com/NetDot-Generation-Magnetic-Charger-Adapter/dp/B019MZKHO2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482270014&sr=8-1&keywords=magnetic+phone+chargerNot to mention that a fixed truck would likely kill the minimum radius that the train could negotiate.DFF
This idea would be the way to go, I like this idea.
Isn't that method basically the splitting of a transformer , one winding in each unit . I don't think enough current could be passed for anything other than a trickle charge to a battery in the receiving unit that has the secondary winding of the transformer ? Or am I wrong ? Also the size , how small vs efficiently generating current can these be made and at what these ?
I'm thinking more of a physical connection that is held together with magnets.....
Is there any way to get wire leads welded on those itty bitty neoblahblah magnets ? I have experimented with spring loading a connection to it on a steamer I have yet to finish . Steel pin and wire on the tender end , and a tube with the magnet inside followed by a spring and wire in that tube and all sealed shut except for the end facing the tender glued under the cab . That is where the steel pin on the wire sticks in making a single wire connection from tender to loco . It can work in a for sale by a manufacturer model but it needs the proper engineering for polarity fool proofing , size , looks , and the ability to be pulled apart by the wires 100 times without failing .
Interesting ideas but I think that cost of R&D and production of those connectors would probably make it prohibitive for being incorporated in models. The other problem I see with magnets is that for the small size we need N scale (for 4, 6, or 8 pin connectors) the pulling power of even those strong magnets will be very weak.
That set would need to be shipped in a 6 10 15 20 (?) foot long piece of PVC pipe!