O-Scale vehicles/Road System

Williams by Bachmann makes a great system - E-Z Streets. They produce a number of commercial and passenger vehicles, along with a 'roadway' system.

http://shop.bachmanntrains.com...;sort=20a&page=1

EZ Streets are the easy way to go. The Faller system works OK in HO scale but enlarging it to O has issues. It works in HO because the very small mass. The magnet steers the vehicle because the power of the magnet is more than the mass of the vehicle. Scale that up and it becomes difficult to have a magnet that is more powerful than the mass of a bigger vehicle. It can be done but for a temp set up LOTS of R&D to make it work.  !/43 scale slot cars or EZ Streets MUCH less work!! 

Not to thread-jack - but a quick question on this topic.

Is there anything to turn cars around (besides curves)?

I was thinking of a straight run - like a highway, with tunnels at each end - where the cars would be turned around and come back out of the tunnel.

With a few cars, you could create the look of constant traffic - without having a loop.

Carrera makes a 1:43 line of slot cars called Carrera GO.

It’s mostly race cars, but you might consider using them as source material if you’re a DIY kind of guy.

http://www.carrera-toys.com/us/products/go/

Some of the original K-Line by Lionel Superstreets system is still in stock here:

http://www.jrjunction.com/cgi-...on&category=K-00

In stock and ready to ship!

I know that Faller makes the Faller car System.  But I believe it's only made in the smaller scales, HO and maybe N.  

https://youtu.be/D_C2nuWUams

This would be great if it were made in the larger scales.  

Former forum member Lee Willis wrote two softcover handbooks on the subject. Lee is really into it. The books are on Amazon. Maybe other places. too? Good luck.

-  Streets for O-Gauge Model Railroads: A Guide to Operable Model Roadways on O-Gauge Toy Train Layouts 

- Modifying and Scratch-Building O-gauge 'Streets Vehicles: Improving and Building SuperStreets and E-Z Street Cars, Buses, and Truck

Roving Sign posted:

Not to thread-jack - but a quick question on this topic.

Is there anything to turn cars around (besides curves)?

I was thinking of a straight run - like a highway, with tunnels at each end - where the cars would be turned around and come back out of the tunnel.

With a few cars, you could create the look of constant traffic - without having a loop.

You can do a loop with EZ-Streets and an EZ-Streets switch out of sight, the car would turn around and come the other way.  Of course, for my top level, I'm planning on having two EZ-Streets side by side with a loop so the cars will be able to continually run around and pass each other going each way.