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Old but interesting-The train that goes nowhere.

These goes back a long way. When I was growing up I remember seeing an article about building a HO train on a bike rim. The train would force the rim to rotate while the train stayed in on spot, i have tried from memory but have not been succesful. If anyone knows where i might find this info or has done this, I would love to hear from you. We do a few presentations during the year and think this would be an interesting display. Please help

Re: Old but interesting-The train that goes nowhere.

yea i remeber rhat! it was in an article about veryios layout style for the model railfan. it showed a table made up like you said with a slight pitch to it to make the engine always run uphill. it also showed train guys in a cardboard car acting as if they were chasing the train along a hiway. i don't think it was ment to be a real layout idea, start checking APRILissues of MR.
if you do get it built make sure that you send pictures to mr an they may let us have a look in a article.

p.s.
i have IN TRAINING since 1971!
Boomerpete