Realistic Ditch lites

Beautiful engine. Sounds and looks cool.

PS (I never got the pics from you.)

best I've seen yet.

Looks and sounds awesome!   Also, thanks for sharing your method of converting your 3R diesels.

We also have the TMCC running on batteries on board , my friend Tom , who worked for NASA as an electrical engineer made the circuits for the ditch lites and the interface to run the AC Lionel TMCC off of 12volt batteries on board , after Lionel told us " nice idea , but it can't be done " , well we have been running on batteries for 2 yrs . Now I can post video , I will provide a clip with a train running  .

Bernie

Very nice..that looks great.

I have an Atlas O CP SD40 that has the best looking flashing and fading ditch lights... I've seen on an O scale model. They work similar to the ditch lights in your video.

Rick

 It may help ( battery users +) when MTH releases their single channel tiu!

All the motive power I am interested in is BDL (before ditch lights)!!!

Simon

Erik from Midwestern Model Works has a real nice effect on his ditchlights.  The alternating ditch light function is demonstrated here in this video clip. Magnetic sensors, mounted behind the pilot on the locomotive, detect magnets placed in the roadbed before and after a crossing and trigger the starting and stopping of the alternate flashing. This function is automatic so you never have to remember to trigger them by remote. They can also be set so they do not alternate at crossings by choosing a specific command on the remote.  

He also added a fading effect to make the operation more realistic. When the power is interrupted to a real locomotive headlight, it will dim suddenly and then slowly fade out as the filament cools. Miniature light bulbs simply blink out instantly. Notice how the ditch lights fade while alternating. Like the prototype, these lights barely fade out completely before they come back on. This effect has been implemented on all headlights.

That is very nice....looks great.

Hey Simon , you need some ditch lights , to see where to post a comment .

What is the relevance of you comment ? ZERO