A novel and interesting layout idea

[davidmcc3]

Found this on the BBC website today.

 

Can you imagine this happening on our railways?!

 

Could make a very unusual layout.

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-46828430/manila-s-trolley-boys

[The Johnster]

Something not that unlike it did happen on the slate quarry inclines of North Wales, with the added fun of certain death at the bottom if you got the braking wrong!

[HonestTom]

There was a situation like that in Cambodia. The railways were so poorly maintained and the service was so infrequent and unreliable that locals built their own trains - trolleys made out of bamboo, metal parts scavenged from wherever they could, motor salvaged from elsewhere. The resulting trolleys were called "Norries" (derived ultimately from "camion," the French for lorry). They were ultimately stopped due to the government stepping in to improve the railways, but I understand they've been revived for tourists. I guess you have to admire the enterprising spirit, although it's a little hair-raising for me.

 

I suppose you could recreate this sort of thing using something like the Bachmann Wickham trolley, hiding the motor behind some heavily-laden passengers. I guess the pusher would have to be hanging off the back.

[The Johnster]

Not so much enterprise as invention's mother, necessity and the use of an otherwise abandoned resource, but, yes, you have to admire it!

Edited January 22, 2019 by The Johnster