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Sounds cool. I'm using HO scale so I don't know if I'll be much help. What I've experienced so far is that there is one major flaw with my slotcar idea. If I use a magnet strong enough to 'pull' a car, it just ends up jumping off the track and sticking to the bottom of the 'road' . Not to mention trying to slow the little buggers down. So a buddy of mine who's helping me with the electronics of making constant light for the locomotives (I'll explain later) suggested scraping the slot cars and using an old train. He said "that engine sure is hell heavy enough". So I through together a mock up, and he was so right. Plus the speed and momentum was so much more natural. Like I said before, I'm totally new so if this next bit is common knowledge, bare with me. The lighting on the trains varies with the speed of the train, so if you're going slow the light is way to dim. But with a small and cheap 'gadget' this can be fixed. Here's a link that describes how. 'Hope some of this helps. <br /> <br />http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/read.php?f=1&i=36980&t=36964 <br /> <br />BTW, Prickboy is just a nickname I've had for years, nothin' meant by it. And thanks for the encouragement. If we want moving cars, by God we'll have moving cars[:D]
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