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I forgot one “silly” idea that I have always wanted in a house:A train that runs through the entire place; every room, the back porch, yard, pool etc... AND through the storage spaces and refrigerator. With a robotic arm that can pick up and place items on its flat cars. So I can ask for a box of cereal and a carton of milk and have it delivered to me.
If it was quite enough not to wake people up, it would make the rounds at night, checking the windows and doors and smelling for smoke.
And empty the trash from track side hoppers.
Better living through rail roads.
Yes, one would probably spend more time unjamming, picking up spills, fixing derailments, etc... Than if you just did it by hand, but the point is this: All of it now becomes playing with your toy train!
With 10 acres it would probably be a not so silly idea to have a 5–1/4" or 7" gauge railway running around it to transport stuff around the property. taken to the extreme one could run live steam, but for utilitarian purposes a small diesel or petrol loco – maybe even run off “home grown” sunflower oil or alcohol – would be a viable workhorse. Even an electric loco, but that would involve battery maintenance, which could be a pain if that was the only use for the batteries, unless they were also part of a solar collection scheme when the loco wasn't out on the track.
Alan P