Corn field meets

[Anonymous]

How often do you have corn field meets on yout layout [?] I think it would be fun to have some corn field meets [}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)] What is your opinion on model railroa colisions [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

To be avoided...! [;)]

In the late 1800's there were a few examples of real railroads setting up collisions between old locos for the publicity and spectacle. It rarely worked out well... [:(] Do a google search, and I am sure you will turn up some photos.

Andrew

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by masonjar

To be avoided...! [;)]

In the late 1800's there were a few examples of real railroads setting up collisions between old locos for the publicity and spectacle. It rarely worked out well... [:(] Do a google search, and I am sure you will turn up some photos.

Andrew

Agreed. I seem to recall reading somewhere about an early silent film where this was done? Not a good idea!

The worst collisions I have in model from are usually due to wrongly-set switches - the odd car ends up with wheels on the ballast, but no damage results. Having said that, I do have a Walthers Front-Runner car that has had to have the footsteps repaired a few times due to falling off the end of the tracks - these are very fragile vehicles!

[lupo]

could someone fill me in in what you mean by "Corn field meets" ?

in my memories there were no colliding trains involved in my cornfield meets . . . . [:P]

[Big_Boy_4005]

Well, in model railroading terms, corn field meets were kind of difficult to have before DCC. It takes very poor communication or deliberate planning to make one happen, but like Masonjar said they are to be avoided, especially with the cost of equipment.[:D]

Lupo, a corn field meet is a nickname for a head on collision.

[CP5415]

No thanks!!! I like my railroad accident free!
It costs way too much for locomotives these days

Gordon

[AntonioFP45]

Lupo. Cornfield Meet is railroad lingo for "Head on Collision".

[8D][:)]I remember when at a Train show last year, I tried my hand at a DCC demo layout presented by a very pleasant rep from TCS. Since it had a single track mainline, I winded up having several "cornfield meets" with a BLI GG1 and an SD40-2, one being a hard smack as I forgot for a split second which locomotive I was running![:0][B)][;)]

[:P]I like the fact that with DCC, the "possibility" of head on collisions exists, meaning that the engineer must be extra careful while operating a train if other trains are also present---Just like the prototype. [4:-)][tup] For operations oriented modelers, this makes sessions more challenging and fun.[^][8)][:D][8D]

I prefer not to have head on collisions as equipment is expensive and I perform enough body and mechanical maintenance on my fleet as it is. Sounds strange, but since I'll be running passenger trains I like to have the attitude that I can run a safe and speedy transportation network.

[lupo]

Thanks ALL !

I understand now why you don't like CORN FIELD MEETS, now I do !

thanks for the warning for DCC and CFM, must keep that in mind as I am starting to experiment with DCC !
I think I build in a big red EMERGENCY STOP button in my wiring to cut all DCC power to the tracks just in case

[CBQ_Guy]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Oklahoma Train Nut

How often do you have corn field meets on yout layout [?] I think it would be fun to have some corn field meets [}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)] What is your opinion on model railroa colisions [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

Is your name Gomez Addams by any chance!

[Roadtrp]

Minnesotan's really used to like corn field meets. The Minnesota State Fair staged head-on locomotive crashes as a grandstand event in 1920, 1921 and 1933.

[:D][}:)][:D]

[IRONROOSTER]

Used to try this as kid, best we could do was head to side at a crossing. Maybe we could get Lionel to do some exploding engines with the trigger on front.[:D]
Enjoy
Paul

[Noah Hofrichter]

Considering I only have one mainline road switcher on the line at a time, I'm safe from that untill I build my new layout[:D]

Noah[:P][8D][:D]

[AntonioFP45]

Noah,

I've been a railfan for 20 plus years and have never seen a Geep with a gap between the fans like that!! Is that a modified GP50 with the center fan removed?

[%-)][;)]

[Noah Hofrichter]

Antonio,

Both on the front corner and in the roster it is listed as a GP-38. These were purchased about 3 or 4 years ago from another railroad ( Who i'm not sure, but there's an article about it at www.wsorrailroad.com, under web directory, then "WSOR gets new GP-38's", or something like that). Another website is http://www.trainweb.org/locollection/index2.html and there it is also listed as a GP-38 but I take back what I said earlier, they list it as ex-CSX and possibly an Ex-B&O. One of them might have modified it or some thing.

Really I don't know, and for all I know, it could have been a GP-50 in a past life
[angel] [angel]

Just as confused as you, Noah[%-)]

[AntonioFP45]

Noah,

Yes, I do recognize GP38s but for some reason, I've always seen the fans closer together than the picture above! I guess I'm getting senile![%-)][:P]

[Anonymous]

Anyone remember that movie from the late 80s/ early 90s when Harisson Ford jumped off that staged train wreck on the Illinois Southern????

[easyaces]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

Anyone remember that movie from the late 80s/ early 90s when Harisson Ford jumped off that staged train wreck on the Illinois Southern????

I believe you are referring to the movie "The Fugitive" ! When I was a kid I used to stage corn field meets on an 8'x10' layout a cousin had built. It used really junky Tycho engines and rolling stock, and we staged many a spectacular wreck!!! The only loco to survive from that layout and era is a plymouth switcher that I still have.

[Anonymous]

Cornfield meets are one sure fire way to tell who's asleep at the wheel[zzz] and who IS paying attention to the signaling system![8D]
It's tough on the equiptment though, so I can't recommend it in regular practice.

[Big_Boy_4005]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Roadtrp

Minnesotan's really used to like corn field meets. The Minnesota State Fair staged head-on locomotive crashes as a grandstand event in 1920, 1921 and 1933.

[:D][}:)][:D]

Yes indeed, I actually have a post card of one of those crashes, that I picked up at the fair one year.

Ah yes, here it is!!![:0][:D]

[AntonioFP45]

I remember reading years back in high school about staged train wrecks in the early 1900s. They were actually dangerous to spectators as well.

On one of those "cornfield meets", sheet metal from the locomotives traveled further than anticipated and a man had one of his eyes torn out by a flying piece of shrapnell! Other men and women were also hit and a panic ensued. [:O][:(]

One of you might have read about this incident, but I think it was one of the factors that lead to the eventual ceasing of staged head on collisions. Any of you read about it before?[8)]

[Anonymous]

It looks to me like a rebuilt GP35, turbo charger removed, center fan removed and down graded to GP38-2 specs.

[bcammack]

Search Google for "The Crash at Crush"

[AntonioFP45]

Bcammack,

Thanks! I went to the website and read the report. This was similar to what I read 20 years ago.

Deliberately Modeling cornfield meets with passenger trains is just not my bowl of oats.