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Here are the latest stories that were posted to the news section. We will try and post new items where possible, and you can click on the "News" link at the top of the page to view items from the archives.

Lifting The Lid

Battery-electric locomotives are like human beings. The heart of any battery-electric locomotive is the battery. The motors provide the muscle and the motor speed controller is the brain.

You can’t tell whether a person is a rocket scientist or a railwayman just by looking at them and it is the same with motor speed controllers. They all function, but some function better than others.

We were looking to have a controller system made specifically for locomotives that would ... (read more)

Posted on 12/07/2010 @ 17:25 by Keith.

Spot the difference?

Looking around you may have noticed that there have been more than a few changes to our site. We'd like to take this opportunity to welcome you, we hope you like it. We would like to further extend a welcome Model Engineer readers, who may have noticed the ad we ran in this months issue. The ad was sent to print about two weeks ago, and we made a pretty bold promise. A brand new web site with lots of new content and as many new features as we cou ... (read more)

Posted on 17/06/2010 @ 00:01 by Keith.