I do not remember meeting Mr. Hough. Sorry Dave Engle
--- On Fri, 2/8/13, trainsjeep88 <[email protected]> wrote: From: trainsjeep88 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Kato To: [email protected] Date: Friday, February 8, 2013, 1:02 PM Do you know Ken Hough? Worked for Miller and has some of the Miller equip used to wind/rewind armatures. Stan --- In [email protected], David Engle wrote: > > Actually, IMHO. it worked too well for its time. You had to brake one of > the units by actually slowing it down like the prototype. No control system > had that, it meant braking by reversing the power feed--very carefully. I > still miss Bob Miller, I was fortunate to visit him and his facility several > times in the mid '60s. The closest thing to it in the modeling world was > the late John Allen, who used a car battery in his control system to get > similar results. > > Dave Engle > > --- On Fri, 2/8/13, trainsjeep88 wrote: > > > From: trainsjeep88 > Subject: {S-Scale List} Kato > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 8, 2013, 8:10 AM > > > >  > > > > Guess this all started with the old Miller power trucks. Good idea that did > not work very well re control. Stan >
