Building an N-Trak module (N-scale model trains) for the 2007 Big Railroad Show...
See websites for the RR show and for N-Trak: http://www.ntrak.org/ and http://www.northeastntrak.org/
The moving buses came from Faller, a German company. English webpage about Faller Car System
See YouTube videos: closeup of moving buses, 2009; Ken with tram, buses, and train, 2011.
See websites for the RR show and for N-Trak: http://www.ntrak.org/ and http://www.northeastntrak.org/
The moving buses came from Faller, a German company. English webpage about Faller Car System
See YouTube videos: closeup of moving buses, 2009; Ken with tram, buses, and train, 2011.
![Installation of the bus-moving system (made by Faller)
[photo by Ken]](http://sward.smugmug.com/Model-Trains/Kens-1st-N-Trak-module/i-7LjkdL2/0/Ti/PC100547-Ti.jpg "Installation of the bus-moving system (made by Faller)
[photo by Ken]")
![Closeup of a bus above a bus-stopping mechanism.
Note green battery inside the bus. Each bus is self-powered.
[photo by Ken]](http://sward.smugmug.com/Model-Trains/Kens-1st-N-Trak-module/i-wdMtPJG/0/Ti/PC100541-Ti.jpg "Closeup of a bus above a bus-stopping mechanism.
Note green battery inside the bus. Each bus is self-powered.
[photo by Ken]")
![Closeup of wire embedded in road surface to guide the buses. Each bus has its own motor and battery. The wire merely "steers" the bus. There is a tiny magnet on an arm attached to the steering mechanism of the bus. The magnet pulls toward the wire, thus turning the bus wheels to follow the wire.
[photo by Ken]](http://sward.smugmug.com/Model-Trains/Kens-1st-N-Trak-module/i-RS7MRwd/0/Ti/PC100535-Ti.jpg "Closeup of wire embedded in road surface to guide the buses. Each bus has its own motor and battery. The wire merely \"steers\" the bus. There is a tiny magnet on an arm attached to the steering mechanism of the bus. The magnet pulls toward the wire, thus turning the bus wheels to follow the wire.
[photo by Ken]")
![Router tool used to cut a groove in the surface, creating a place for the wire to be embedded.
The Faller trenching tool (which arrived later) worked even better. [Note: the Faller starter kit assumes you will simply lay the wire on the surface and plaster over it. But that technique requires accuracy in initial placement.]
Additional grooves were made to re-position the wire after testing with the buses.](http://sward.smugmug.com/Model-Trains/Kens-1st-N-Trak-module/i-CLSsGmx/0/Ti/PC100549-Ti.jpg "Router tool used to cut a groove in the surface, creating a place for the wire to be embedded.
The Faller trenching tool (which arrived later) worked even better. [Note: the Faller starter kit assumes you will simply lay the wire on the surface and plaster over it. But that technique requires accuracy in initial placement.]
Additional grooves were made to re-position the wire after testing with the buses.")
Painting the platform, constructed with folding legs
10/18/06
10/18/06
Painting the platform, constructed with folding legs
10/18/06
10/18/06