Jim O'C posted:lewrail posted:And now for something really different. The items are lithographed and are O scale.
But the Japanese commuter trains are floor toys, and the Melbourne tram runs on O gauge track but can't go around curves. The clockwork mechanism is designed to only move straight in one direction.
But, they are beautiful to behold.
So let's go to Tokyo's Ueno station and then watch the Aussie on the main line.
the Japanese floor trains look to be Ichiko
Believe it or not I saw one of these Melbourne trams in a second hand shop yesterday (it helps that I'm in Melbourne!). One truck is fixed and the other pivots but is VERY stiff, so yes I think it would derail before it went around a corner.