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It would probably be more prototypical than you would think to have wrecked train parts lying around the ROW. There was a (relatively) minor derailment near my hometown on the Illinois Central back when I lived there, crashing a handful of boxcars and hoppers off the rails in the middle of the woods. Several months later, I was on an excursion for the IC Sesquicentennial, and we passed the spot. . .there was a boxcar sort of "leaning" against a tree and sitting right on its underframe (the trucks and wheels were no longer attached). A large number of wheelsets, couplers, and other parts were scattered around. <br /> <br />Modelling this kind of aftermath can be interesting, fun, and realistic. However, I doubt that's what you're getting at, is it? I remember a LOT of kids coming onto the Microsoft Train Simulator forums I frequented asking "Why does it reset so soon after a derailment!?" and "Why can't I run over vehicles in crossings?!" In that regard, I don't think it's possible to create a "realistic" model derailment, because the inertia and energy simply isn't there to do the things that happens when a real one goes wrong. Ditto for a crossing accident. I don't judge those who want to "witness" such a wreck in a safe manner (by model or computer simulation). . .I admit to making many a poor Matchbox car stall on the tracks of my HO set when I was a kid, and to driving off a few cliffs in MSTS. . .just be prepared that not everyone takes this sort of thing lightly, and for good reasons.
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