@M. Mitchell Marmel posted:
Looking forward to seeing the end results . I’ve always loved seeing toy trains running off a live catenary system. So much so that I too made my own for my O gauge Bowser trolley using a combination of All-thread and Marklin HO catenary stamped wire . That 4x8 set ran flawlessly I’m happy to report . Then I made another working catenary system for my standard gauge kitbashed MU cars . It too worked as planned . The top photo shows the Marklin wire and the bottom photo shows the system I cobbled together for the standard gauge using shelving supports. I used the wall brackets for the poles , angle brackets to hold the poles to the layout , self supports for the messenger arms and for the wire I used inverted rails from old track I disassembled. Fun projects!