Karl Bub 1905 Automatic Train Control ...or DCC "Dual Clockwork Control"

Karl Bub was always looking at innovative control early on with clockwork ... at 4:22 of the following video you can see a clockwork turntable that was activated by a lever off the train to 180 the loco and send it back into a loop to repeat for as long as the motor wind held up .

Here is one of the locos from my collection

That´s great. Bub had made a lot of this train games. My clearing railway was made 1905 too and has the same train.

Arne

Carey and Arne: WAY COOL! THANKS for sharing!,,

Wow! Thank you Fat man and Arne,

Great pieces ....what a wonderful video of all the Bub trains ...love the rank figure 8 and your turntable layouts .

The,clearing train has to be fun to watch,..have you done a video ?

Thank you for posting,...clever minds invented, these wonderful toys.

Cheers Carey,

thanks, guys!  Great info that I never would have known about otherwise.

No substitute for seeing them in action!

John

@Fatman posted:

Karl Bub was always looking at innovative control early on with clockwork ... at 4:22 of the following video you can see a clockwork turntable that was activated by a lever off the train to 180 the loco and send it back into a loop to repeat for as long as the motor wind held up .

Here is one of the locos from my collection

Wonderful!!!   

Reminds me of the Toonerville Trolley turntables made by Dick Mayer.

Bob Nelson