Looks neat, Paul. Remember seeing similar in Boston 40-45 years ago. This looks real close to my memory. Nice work.
This very thing almost happened to me yesterday. I was so lucky was able to back it out after like 30 minutes, was so sure the tap would break. I hope it works out for you Paul!
Ha! Can make a great soup, pasta sauce, or even juice. Never mind the burgers! I tried that. Very bad for my shirt.
Now I am hungry. Oh how I remember such a great meal. And even eating them fresh from the garden, growing upon our little farm. Yummy!
I was very steady walking along side.......NOT. It was a circle of track built around a mountain on a 4 foot disk that was turning at the same rate as the train was going in the opposite direction. The "turn table" is tilted slightly so the train is always going up hill. That way it is easy to synchronize the speed of the train to make it stay in one place. Notch up the throttle and it just climbs up the "hill" a little farther. Back off the throttle and the train slides back down the "hill" some.
Model Railroader always publishes one or more tongue in cheek articles in their April issue. I don't remember the year, but one such issue featured an idea for a similar "railfan's" layout, which featured what was described as a '62 Falcon on blocks rigged with a rheostat under the accelerator pedal. The accompanying cartoon was worth a pretty good chuckle, showing railfans with cameras hanging out every window. This, however, is the first time I have seen this actually done- well, minus the Falcon- but to very good effect.
