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Has anyone considerd these - Clockwork and stored kinetic potential energy drives.
I dug out a toy I got for christmas that was a geared 'car' type thing that had a fly wheel. I beleive they are called friction drive cars and the model was called a 'zee car' I promptly set about reguaging the wheels and removing the tyres to see what I got. When I publish the movie I shall post it here.

Sounds intriguing, i know the Timpdon Lake Railway has a clockwork engine, but i've never seen it run.

This isn't proper clockwork as in wind up with a key! You have to get it going along the track and it keeps going for a very long time! I may use it for taking the token from one end of the line to another if there are any anomalies in running such as a loco making it to one end and running out of fuel!

I tried a mock up with a meccano clockwork motor and a mamod flat bed truck, but it didn't run for very far at all.

I might try a more serious attempt another day.

Inspiration here...

http://ca.geocities.com/clockworkpage@rogers.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brYcb3sZrxs
there! I have decided to call it bumble bee, it still needs a body and a 'charger'

lol now there is an idea for transporting tokens around.

great idea !!!