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<h2 id="faller-car-system">Faller Car System</h2>

<p>From the 1960s into the 80s, Faller produced the Auto Motor Sport (AMS) <a href="/facts/Slot_car/eGHJmzha">slot cars</a>, based on existing patents, similar to the <a href="/facts/Aurora_Plastics_Corporation/nQTccoLS">Aurora Model Motoring</a> system. The Faller controller and the car had a small <a href="/facts/Selenium_rectifier/rBdXN0zq">selenium rectifier</a> on board so two cars could run independently on the same track on the positive or negative <a href="/facts/Rectifier/me8XDxND">half wave</a> <a href="/facts/Alternating_current/qxICS3xa">AC</a>. The cars were in 1:65 scale but could be used with the 1:87 H0 scale model railways.
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<p>Faller has a "Car System" (FCS) in both the H0 and N scale, which consists of battery-powered road vehicles, made by other manufacturers such as <a href="/facts/Wiking_Modellbau/6D0pnjn1">Wiking</a>, that have a <a href="/facts/Magnet/vvrg6VSk">magnet</a> attached to the front <a href="/facts/Steering/X4aY7RkL">steering</a>. The magnet follows a steel wire hidden under the road surface, resulting in trucks and buses that behave in a realistic fashion without the need for guide rails or a slot in the road. This system is extensively used by the <i><a href="/facts/Miniatur_Wunderland/yfrNvbNN">Miniatur Wunderland</a></i> ('miniature wonderland') model railway attraction in <a href="/facts/Hamburg/kmAAsYtT">Hamburg</a>, <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>.
</p><p>Mechanisms are also available to stop vehicles and to switch them from one route to another, as at an intersection. These can be integrated with sensors and working <a href="/facts/Traffic_light/v5pwcfsQ">traffic lights</a> to create a realistic operating scene.
</p><p>In September 2013, Faller released their Digital Car System allowing computer control of the system.
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<h2 id="amusement-park-fairground-models">Amusement park fairground models</h2>
<p>Faller has produced <a href="/facts/Amusement_park/b7v2FTj0">amusement park</a> fairground models for over 20 years, with well over a hundred different models. Many have been discontinued as newer models have been introduced. Faller offers models in H0 scale and a limited number of amusement park fairground models in N scale as well.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.16/lg.en/Home.html">Faller's official website</a></li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>faller.de Faller official website, Company, 9 January 2011 <a href="http://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.19.23/ecm.p/About-us.html" target="_blank">http://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.19.23/ecm.p/About-us.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>PlanetDiecast.com 2 March 2011 <a href="http://planetdiecast.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=polas-1-87-vehicleshtml&Itemid=157" target="_blank">http://planetdiecast.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=polas-1-87-vehicleshtml&Itemid=157</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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