GraniteRailroader wrote: Packers1 wrote: LOL, that's hilarious!Yes, absolutely! ...Not.Luckily, this was a DPU locomotive, and not the leading unit in the train. Oh so funny how they lost a multi-million dollar piece of equipment and cost another chunk of change to recover it. Just think, if the bank they were on would have slid, then all the other machinery could have gone into the water too, potentially hurting even more people. Photos like this often are the "humble pie", reminding us how important it is to stay alert (awake ) and be focused on where you are and what territory is around.
Packers1 wrote: LOL, that's hilarious!
LOL, that's hilarious!
Yes, absolutely! ...Not.
Luckily, this was a DPU locomotive, and not the leading unit in the train.
Oh so funny how they lost a multi-million dollar piece of equipment and cost another chunk of change to recover it.
Just think, if the bank they were on would have slid, then all the other machinery could have gone into the water too, potentially hurting even more people.
Photos like this often are the "humble pie", reminding us how important it is to stay alert (awake ) and be focused on where you are and what territory is around.
Loosin' up, will ya? It's not good for the BNSF, and it would have been bad if someone had been in it, but nobody was. It's hilarious (yes, I have a twisted mind )
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
loathar wrote: Dallas Model Works wrote: DeadheadGreg wrote: wouldn't surprise me if some renegade BNSF modeler sabotaged that engine's run so that he could have a new, one-of-a-kind prototype to model.........Or perhaps a view of the underside in order to complete his detailing... I was thinking it was pretty cool to see the underside of a loco myself!
Dallas Model Works wrote: DeadheadGreg wrote: wouldn't surprise me if some renegade BNSF modeler sabotaged that engine's run so that he could have a new, one-of-a-kind prototype to model.........Or perhaps a view of the underside in order to complete his detailing...
DeadheadGreg wrote: wouldn't surprise me if some renegade BNSF modeler sabotaged that engine's run so that he could have a new, one-of-a-kind prototype to model.........
wouldn't surprise me if some renegade BNSF modeler sabotaged that engine's run so that he could have a new, one-of-a-kind prototype to model.........
Or perhaps a view of the underside in order to complete his detailing...
I was thinking it was pretty cool to see the underside of a loco myself!
Look closely -- the bottom of the fuel tank says "Made in China!"
Dave Nelson
Packers1 wrote:LOL, that's hilarious!
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Moi aussi!
Craig
DMW
Yeah, they've been using this method up north in Maine for decades........
However did they know I plan to use that exact same proceedure to weather the loco I accidentally ran right off the layout??!!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Here's how I see it.
Weathring is so simple, even the BNSF can do it!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Garry--
Looks LOTS cheaper than buying some more Bragdon self-adhesive chalks .
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
I should have mentioned nobody was hurt in the derailment. I was told the locomotive unit had no crew aboard it as it went in the Yellowstone River in Montana. My friend, Gus, forwarded the pictures to me by email.
From what I heard the derailment occured at the rear of the train - the C44-9W was a DPU pusher running remote.
Saw lots of these - two in front, one pushing at the rear - last year when visiting family along the former MILW mainline (now BNSF) in north-central S. Dak. on both unit coal and grain trains.
How many gallons of Dullcote would that need?
"Rust, whats not to love?"
(1) Dip in water.
(2) Drag in Mud.
(3) Set aside to dry