A couple of days ago on our local TV news in the North West, a retired gentleman was featured with a model railway that ran upside down. The board, about 6X4 and with buildings, scenery etc. featured an OO. figure of eight with a raised crossing in the middle. Round this was running a small 0-4-0 like Nellie and a few wagons and brake van.
The whole layout was suspended upside down from the roof of his workshop and the little train was batting round at a good speed. He explained that it was all done with magnets and had been an interesting retirement project. There were a couple more layouts on the ceiling. I wonder how he generated enough magnetic force to hold the train on whilst overcoming that force to drive it round at speed.
Ed.
The whole layout was suspended upside down from the roof of his workshop and the little train was batting round at a good speed. He explained that it was all done with magnets and had been an interesting retirement project. There were a couple more layouts on the ceiling. I wonder how he generated enough magnetic force to hold the train on whilst overcoming that force to drive it round at speed.
Ed.
