Railway switches and signals – Electric actuation – Control circuits
Patent
1998-04-13
2000-03-21
Morano, S. Joseph
Railway switches and signals
Electric actuation
Control circuits
246263, 246415A, B61L 500
Patent
active
060392916
ABSTRACT:
A control system for use with a toy train system having a layout area including a track upon which a toy train runs includes a system component configured to operate within the toy train system and having a plurality of selective operative states. A control device remote from the system component is configured to emit a limited width visible light signal responsively to activation by an operator. A receiver mechanism is disposed in operative communication with the system component. The receiver mechanism is configured to receive the signal and to distinguish the signal from ambient light.
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McCarry, Jr. Robert J.
Morano S. Joseph
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