RedfireS197 I came in here expecting a Realtrax discussion.
I came in here expecting a Realtrax discussion.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Just setup some track on the living room floor and let some big person step on it and you will have a scale model of bad track.
Modeling the "Fargo Area Rapid Transit" in O scale 3 rail.
Aw Darn! You guys ruined my day. I was amazed, made me feel good about some of my track work. I like the effect, I know your right, but want to hold on to the concept that it was that bad and they made it.
Don
Jim
Lionelsoni is correct - the foreshortening effect is visually interesting but does not accurately convey the true state of affairs. Below is another example which was taken not too far from where I used to live. I remember when I first saw this picture I thought that the railroad had put in a new set of signals. It was only after looking at the picture for awhile that I realized the photographer had to have had quite a lens on his cameral to get this perspective.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=206463&nseq=140
I'm afraid that the crooked track is a photographic trick. Taking a picture with a long-focal-length lens makes dimensions across the line of sight appear greater than dimensions along the line of sight. The effect is called "foreshortening". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_(graphical) Notice how narrow the road looks at the grade crossing; and the ties that are visible seem to be crammed together very closely. There's no way to tell how straight the track really is--you can make even decent track look bad this way.
Bob Nelson
It amazes me that the train stays on the track. The Santa Fe loco looked like it was about to tip over...
What was that track built on, wet noodles?
looks like in the comments, there are repairs under way. I remember finding a book about the railroads on Cape Cod in the Chatham RR museum, there was a pic of an NH RS3 and caboose somewhere between Eastham and Provincetown, and you couldn't even see the tracks.
I suddenly dont feel too bad about cleaning up & fixing old used Lionel O-31 track I found at the train shows.
There's a prototype for everything...even bad wavy crooked used track!
Worlds worst railroad track.-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUCU2GhG8zE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYHUTbyPUS0
Goodness I hope somone shuts down that railroad operation before someone gets hurt or killed...
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