Many years ago, our rr group went to a MCR NMRA Convention and one of the layout tours was a traction layout with fully function overhead catenary. The owner did a first rate job really nice. All was going well until someone in our group decided to pluck the catenary wire like a guitar string.
For you old timers, if you remember the Beatles song, “I Feel Fine” and the opening guitar feedback note, well the sound the catenary made sounded just like that. The sound traveled through all the catenary hiding where it originated and the owner was none too pleased. As luck would have it I had a two coffees in one hand and a small plate of donuts in the other so I was in the clear.
