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A builder in Germany, Christoph Mueller, has used non-magnetic rails in the form of Aluminium and Brass - in a couple of emails we exchanged, he stated that his passion was for the non-magnetic cars and thus the power was more important than the down force. His first design was using copper tape back in July 2004; then using copper solder braid. Neither of these solutions gave him the experience he was looking for - my understanding is that the tape will only work with modified HO cars (using a "Slide Guide", as outlined on W.M. Brant's website - please see the links section).
He went on to say he then tried Aluminium, but cars would not run without wrapping the pickups with Aluminium Foil, but had great conductivity for the power to the cars in this state. One downfall was the oxidization of the rails, stating that after a few hours it noticably slowed the cars down. He has since rebuilt his track using brass for the rails and found this is a more reliable solution. After non use for several weeks he can give it a quick dust over and the track is good to run.