Wind is powerful enough to blow trains off tracks

[Anonymous]

We don't get wind that strong here during the day. we do get monsoons but they are mainly of a night time accomanied by torrential rain.

Rgds Ian

[cacole]

Several years ago a wind gust blew six or seven carloads of double-stack containers off of a bridge near Glacier Park along the BNSF route.

[dwbeckett]

I have the same problem along with HOA in Reno the wind on top of the hill i live on will suck the garrage attic access door up into the attic. So I'm sure it would have sailed a few on my buildings down the hill. Since our area is still a construction zone we have had a few dust storms the left a half inch of dust around the inside of the garrage doors. Nice fine sand I should keep some to use on the RR.      

[tomikawaTT]

There was a similar incident in Japan not too long ago - lateral winds dumped a DMU set on the approach to a bridge over a notoriously windy river.

High winds drove me out of the back yard shortly after I moved into my present home.  They didn't merely turn G scale cars over, they blew them against the property line wall a dozen feet from the track!

Oh, well.  Back to the garage...

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

[Tom The Brat]

See? There's a prototype for EVERYTHING!

 

[dwbeckett]

Look up the Fla east coast RR they had few dumped going to the Keys.

[FJ and G]

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