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====== The Block Oriented N-Gauge (BloNg) ====== | ====== The Block Oriented N-Gauge (BloNg) ====== | ||
- | This system is of historical significance only, but as the forerunner of the MERG superBloc | + | This system is of historical significance only, but as the forerunner of the MERG [[: |
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- | ==== Migration to superBloc | + | ==== Migration to SuperBloc |
- | The BloNg controller suffered from two weaknesses: locomotives with different characteristics did not all stop exactly in front of a signal, and trains had to reach the master speed in the overlap before entering the next block. | + | The BloNg controller suffered from two weaknesses: locomotives with different characteristics did not all stop exactly in front of a signal, and trains had to reach the master speed in the overlap before entering the next block. This latter was less of a problem in N-Gauge but it restricted its use for 00 where it is more difficult to provide long enough blocks to scale. The [[: |
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