I was truly impressed that it could take that kind of a fall and not only survive, but only suffer a 'compressed' cow catcher which returned to normal position with a slight nudge and a broken coupler. I forgot to mention that this is my Bachmann 'Annie'. With the amount of money some of you have tied up in your equipment, I can't imagine what it would be like watching the engine worth 10 times the bachmann nose over the retaining wall and plow nose first 4 feet below. I will post a picture of the 'scene' and damage as soon as I get off duty tomorrow. Shu
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GearDrivenSteam Pics of the crime scene and damage, or it didn't happen. : Þ ~~~~~~~~~~
Pics of the crime scene and damage, or it didn't happen. : Þ ~~~~~~~~~~
There is a video on YouTube where this guy drove his train into a small creek. Dried it off and drove it again. Our hobby has some substantual equipment, strong enough to survive many disasters.
Tom Trigg
OK, scale 81 ft to be sure. She nosed over on my worst turn as she hit a switch on a downhill grade. Over she went. Hit square on the cow catcher. Only visable damage was the coupler on the rear snapped off of the chassis. I will have to fab up an aluminum fix. but, she's still running - I was amazed (after I woke up from the faint) - Shu
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