Some European-flavor O Gauge fun. After some repair work Saturday I got both my Ikaria tram and the Zeuke electric locomotive running. The Ikaria tram was made in Brno, Czechoslovakia, early 1960's. I picked it up at York, but found it was not running. Correcting an obvious wiring error solved the problem and it zooms around just fine, although it can get stuck on the one end of the layout where I have 0-32 curves. More on Ikaria from the Binns Road website: www.binnsroad.co.uk/railways/tioka/index.html
The Zeuke electric loco and cars was an Ebay find. Zeuke was made in the former East Germany. The engine arrived with the plastic motor mount cracked, but was repairable with some disassembly as seen in the photos. Note the multiple sets of triple electrical pickup shoes underneath- Zeuke O gauge was configured for operation on 3-rail track that had all the rails isolated (which is how they did reversing), requiring some internal rewiring for use with regular 3-rail track. Zeuke used mainly Bakelite construction, including the wheels. Not the best runner, but neat looking and a fun piece to go with the Zeuke streamlined steam loco I picked up a while ago.
