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US Army (Retired) with 30 years service. Married to Louise Panek Miller with 2 adult children. Long time model train operator starting with a Lionel set in 1946. Active in large-scale outdoor railroading since 1993. Avid basher and scratch builder. Member, Tidewater Big Train Operators, Inc

LGB Amtrak Passenger Cars

Hey Jon Great article on the Amtrak cars. I couldn't get the top off without it. I took a Cafe car and and striped one end with black and yellow and added two blinking red lights were the white ones were on the end. Will use this as the trailing car. I ran into a problem with the voltages. I need 12 volts for the lights and assumed the wires running from the wheels to the interior lights were a varilbe 0-22 volts. Guess what, the track can be 22 volts and the wires powering the lights remain at 8 volts. As anything with LGB there is no info anywhere that I could find on the wiring. In your dismantle did you get into the floor area or see any kind of voltage regulator ?

Lawrence Ramstad - 02/22/2008 - 14:36

Amfleet Lighting

Lawrence, I've sent you a private e-mail. However, that response does not answer your question. This will take a little research.

Jon D. Miller - 02/22/2008 - 16:44

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