Ride On Trains

[Sctiger]

I came across this video a couple of years ago, and since then it has haunted my dreams.

 

 

So let's just suppose that there's a guy with very limited electrical knowledge (or just limited knowledge of all things in general!) that apparently feels like he has a lot of free time on his hands.  If he were to look up electric wheelchair motors, what exactly would he search for?  Would gearboxes be necessary as well? Unfortunately a whole lot of that information wasn't shared.  Lots of other cool ideas were shared though.

I remember a post on here a while back where someone was working on a train that looked great. I even commented on it, but for the life of me, I can't seem to find it now.  

[lightzilla]

I remember folks making trains.... some to ride on & some trains simply going around without passengers.  Hick even some  made non-riding but working Roller Coasters. Had a working Roller Coaster up here in Edmonton, Alberta on someones front yard. I skipped the train & build a non-riding but working 11ft Ferris Wheel, then I build a Carousel. Then I bought a motorized 12 volt train for my front deck to go with the Carousel or the Ferris Wheel. I am going to stop doing a musical show as 16 years is enough for me & I might go back to the Train, or Ferris Wheel or Carousel.  I need a new motor for the train so I will look into that, or it could be the battery. 

Anyhow I was thinking about the train you see in Malls. Could you make one like that? Get a small quad & build a locomotive frame around it, & then build 3 cars.

Edited February 1, 2023 by lightzilla

[dgrant]

Sourcing parts is the largest issue. The drive mechanism in the tender plus where did they get the rails from? Great ideas on how the various appearance parts were fabricated!

[Dr_Aplet]

I have actually seen these for sale on eBay, Alibaba and other places.  The ride on's are 7&1/2" or 3&1/4" gauge trains I believe.  I have also seen trackless trains made from ride on lawn mowers and such.  my son is a train enthusiast so I get to learn a lot about them through his discussions.