Neverending Hamster Wheel Track for Steam Trains

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Mr Huang’s friend, Mr Wegmuller, is also a big fan of steam engines it seems, and the above video shows a most amusing creation using a Regner Willi locomotive on a custom made, neverending track!  It wobbles in a most disconcerting fashion, and I’m very glad indeed that it has those stabilising prongs.  There are more photographs of the creation to be found on his site, as well as quite a few other steam related images (including a design sketch for a most unnerving looking personal conveyance that features a boiler between your knees – those in skirts advised to wear attractive bloomers, perhaps?)

A lovely ‘all terrain’ Steampunk contraption (even if it’s not actually very ‘all terrain’) that would not be out of place full sized and glorious in its absurdity in a world of commonplace airships and mars rockets.

  • First off, thanks for the kind words. Next: the sketch on my site was drawn by my friend Eric Maschwitz.
    Now using a switch for steering sounds like a great idea! Maybe it would only take two tracks crossing at about 30 degrees... I'm off to my 3D CAD system...
  • @Linoge: Make it a sphere of intersecting tracks and have periodic switch tracks to different 'orbits' for steering? :)
  • That would be a positively awesome vehicle... but how would you steer? ;)
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