I thought that was funny.
I don't have it anymore but I had an N scale layout that I mounted pulleys on the table and in the ceiling .It was laced and connected using only one rope.
I had a small electric winch mounted on the wall called a Capstan .You just wrap the rope around the drum several times and it uses it's own friction to raise the table(You sailors out there know what it is)
The table had 4 post sticking up and there were 4 pads for those posts to hit on the ceiling so it didn't pull it up to far. Once it was up high enough I turned off the winch tied off the rope and you could walk under it all day you never noticed it . To lower it you just untie the rope and let the rope slip on the drum it'll lower nice and smooth.
I think you could do it in O scale but you'd have to build it Light to keep the weight down.
David
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