Power Pick-up Wheelset
Needed a break tonight from working on the tracks (which, if you haven't been following, you really should), so I put together a concept model of a power pick-up wheelset to basically jumper between 9V tracks and PF motors. This would sort of give us the best of both worlds in that there are no batteries needed, but you still have independent control of the trains, or you could keep it rail dependent if you wanted.
Before I get too carried away, would this be usable to the community?
As it's almost Halloween, a little project (and subsequent thread) necromancy seems in order.
I've had time while waiting for switches and other things to come in, so I made some new prototypes utilizing ball bearings and made the cover facades removable.
I've minimized the footprint to the best of my ability. No idea on what it would cost to mass produce, and frankly I'm not sure I want to deal with another production project yet either. But here it is nonetheless.