Plowing the back forty...
going into a 16x20 space, a little smaller than the 20x25 at the old house, but still workable.
Excuse me for always sharing photos like these...
I had stopped the Lionel 2055 to add smoke fluid. I did not notice the 312 uncoupled, and came back around to slam into the tail end...
Fortunately, these trains are tough...
Yeah, don't you just hate that when it happens? A bit of excitement you don't need.
It's happened to me more than once. Part of the train comes uncoupled and then I have to make a flying leap towards the transformer to shut off the power.
Sometimes I'm too late. As the saying goes, "Oh NO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuDuzJ13NPU
Everything was running great for so long.
Until you take your eyes off the ball...
Luckily, it didn't hurt anything. It's the feeling that you get when your looking somewhere else,and hear that sound....
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