Has anyone modeled a SF style cable car / track ?
I've seen these for sale (HO) and the individual cars look right, but there's something awfuly wrong about a cable car you have to pull with a loco ...
especially one on tracks with ties ... it realy spoils the illusion.
In my new layout I am going to have a hill which would be perfect for a mini SF scene I'd love to have a cable car or 2 going up the hill prototype style.
That is, on a street track (no ties) with a under-road cable (no loco).
I'm imagining a small motor driven loop of wire under track much like the prototype. Of coure I think it would be beyond my skills to have a detachable cable clamp so it would have to go up and stop (and then reverse?)
Curious if anyone's tried this. I can imagine modifying a stock car to have a cable gripper under the car ... Also thinking going off-scale to add to perspective. my main is HO but maybe a N scale cable car going up the hill would look good ... or maybe atrocious.
I've seen these for sale (HO) and the individual cars look right, but there's something awfuly wrong about a cable car you have to pull with a loco ...
especially one on tracks with ties ... it realy spoils the illusion.
In my new layout I am going to have a hill which would be perfect for a mini SF scene I'd love to have a cable car or 2 going up the hill prototype style.
That is, on a street track (no ties) with a under-road cable (no loco).
I'm imagining a small motor driven loop of wire under track much like the prototype. Of coure I think it would be beyond my skills to have a detachable cable clamp so it would have to go up and stop (and then reverse?)
Curious if anyone's tried this. I can imagine modifying a stock car to have a cable gripper under the car ... Also thinking going off-scale to add to perspective. my main is HO but maybe a N scale cable car going up the hill would look good ... or maybe atrocious.