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Originally Posted by Happy Pappy:
However you do it, no two are alike. I can give you a materials list and diagram. Please use my email.                                                                                                                                                        

Why not post the info here?

 

Originally Posted by tr18:

I will someone would make a nice one of these. I could use a dozen of them

The Lionel part is only a couple of bucks.  Replace the LED with a flashing LED and provide a battery inside, job done.  For the "deluxe" version, put a pickup on the car and add a diode, cap, and resistor to power the flashing LED.

 

What else would you need?

 

Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
Originally Posted by tr18:

I will someone would make a nice one of these. I could use a dozen of them

The Lionel part is only a couple of bucks.  Replace the LED with a flashing LED and provide a battery inside, job done.  For the "deluxe" version, put a pickup on the car and add a diode, cap, and resistor to power the flashing LED.

 

What else would you need?

 

Oh I don't know, time maybe!

 

go to vendor website - 5 seconds

hit add to cart - 3 seconds

checkout with CC info 20 seconds

DONE!!

Originally Posted by Happy Pappy:
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
Originally Posted by Happy Pappy:
However you do it, no two are alike. I can give you a materials list and diagram. Please use my email.                                                                                                                                                        

Why not post the info here?

 

John,

I'm an old man with very little knowledge on how to use my new computer. I have to have someone help me draw the diagram and prepare a materials list. I can hardly type anymore due to advanced PD. I can no longer write. The simple things that most people take for granted. So, now you know .

How would you handle it if I gave you an email?  If you have the data in a machinable form and can email it, I'll post it if you can't.

 

  I found the first FRED I ever saw on the tracks near a road crossing. I thought it was dangerous garbage, and pulled over and retrieved it. Then noting it was a high tech device, I set it by the crossing gate. Before I could pull away a hi-rail truck pulled up I pointed he, waved, I went and asked what it was, and learned about the coming fate of cabooses.

It was smaller than the one in the photo. Yellow aluminum case resembling a large set of electric wench control buttons. Heavier than they look too.

 I don't have anything new to put one on, but think a better looking working one is due.

The only one I see on Evan's site is a simple flashing LED with a battery box, and I don't see an O-scale version.  I'd look at something like the Lionel one I posted and put a blinking LED in that one.  As it happens, Lionel doesn't have those anymore, but a reasonable substitute should be fairly easy to kitbash.  If you want to power it with batteries, I'd use a couple of AA cells, for track power you could use my lighting module for power or simple a diode, capacitor, and resistor.

Hi john

 

I was thinking of doing a roll your own using Evan simple flashing Led with your GRJ special Led kit.  Doing ten of them at about $25.00 per pop (Lionel) is a little out of my budget right now. But your kit and the flashing Led from Evan is within my budget is less than $50 for all ten cars.

HI Adriatic, GRJ and Ron045

 

Ron you are right about coupler at the end being useless if you try to hook up more freight at the end. I remember when I was a little boy in the 70's they had freight cars that light that where part of the freight car not a real true FRED. I was planning on drilling in the back of the car and installing the flashing LED to act like a FRED. It is a modification of MichRR714 idea for the FRED.

 

Dear GRJ

 

I ordered some push button on E-bay turn the FRED on and Off.  Do you have a circuit design for the "cap and a FET with a couple of passive components" If you do I would like to look at please.

 

Dear Ardritic

 

Nice and neat design for the 555.

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