Railways with a difference

Any information is useful - I have a lot now but i guess there is probably a lot more out there as well. A lot of the engineering drawings are a little old and not to easy to read - but I have perservered and managed to draw out the basic designs. Making the track is proving to be far more complex than making the locomotives and the points and beyond complex - mainly because the original ones are not center balanced but had off centered pivot points. Also i believe that there were a couple of Lartigue systems elsewhere in the world as well - definatly in france and a couple of mining lines in south america - I havent found any infor mation on them at all except a couple of old black and white pictures. There was a small shunting locomotive known as the coffee pot which was a double upright boiler loco. I have the plans for this and one 3d drawing - i havent found anything else yet about it apart from the fact it was only used for building the Listowel and Ballybunion line then it seems to have dissapeared.

If anyone has Trainz then I suggest going to this site and downloading any Listowel and Ballybunion stock and track etc - The people who have built it are very helpful and have done an amazing job on all the Virtual models. Nearly all the rolling stock is here and also both types of locomotive. They have also made all the track and points and the Drawbridge style crossing. Have fun

http://ing4trainz.greateastern.org.uk/default.htm