train wrecks

[Anonymous]

has anyone ever modeled a train wreck?pictures

[Anonymous]

A member of our club modelled one. It is published in Mainline Modeler in tJanuary and February 1997. It is a diorama which is now on display at the Howell Day Museum.

[Anonymous]

does anyone have any pictures of the modeled wrecks

[steveblackledge]

This is a scene from my railroad, there was a nasty surprise for the crew of this sunken GP when it went off the rails and into the mud of the river yarrow.

[csmith9474]

QUOTE: Originally posted by steveblackledge

This is a scene from my railroad, there was a nasty surprise for the crew of this sunken GP when it went off the rails and into the mud of the river yarrow.

That is really awesome!! Good show!![^]

[TrainFreak409]

Steve, that is awesome looking!

We had a thread about this before, there were some good posts in there, but no pictures. When I build my layout, I am going to have a wreck in it somewhere.

[csmith9474]

Once I get a layout built, it is going to be one big train wreck.

[davekelly]

Steve,

I love the paint job on that Geep!!! Could you perhaps share with us how you did that? Pleeeeeeeeeease?

Dave

[ac4400fan]

I was going to do kinda the same thing, i have a couple of old tyco f-7's that would work great for that ,,,by the way anyone see ,the show train wrecks last week on tv it was good

carl.....

[pcarrell]

Can you say, "Gomez Adams"!

[Anonymous]

Ya i took a chemical car and burned it so it looks like it spilled i recomend u do this it looks realy cool

[ereimer]

i've been reading lately about the early days of western railroad construction , specifically the A&P across northern arizona , and it seems train wrecks weren't too common . boiler explosions in the roundhouse happened sometimes . bridges getting washed out by flash floods were a yearly occurance in some places . the most common disaster was fire . seems like every year or two whole towns would burn down . wood buildings and the lack of a fire department didn't help much , and of course if there was a fire department they'd only have a man or horse drawn fire wagon anyway with limited pumping ability . things got better after they invented that confounded infernal combustion engine and put them in firetrucks

[palallin]

Careful! Steve's scene is certainly well done, but no railroad--especially a modern one!--is going to leave a locomotive lying around in the river. If you are depicting a scene from the 19th century or perhaps the earliest years of the 20th, you might get away with leaving some wreckage (in very bad condition) in place if the place is very hard to get to for the clean-up crews. You can bet, however, that nothing in the last 30 years or so is going to lie in place for more than a month or so. If nothing else, the EPA will force a clean up.

[AntonioFP45]

Palallin is right on.

I saw a PBS special a few years ago on railroading that included train wrecks from years past. Interesting footage showing that today, in some parts of the U.S, rusting remains of steam locomotives and cars can be seen in dense forest areas and montainous terrain areas where rail lines once ran through or still do. Wooden cars have little left but metal the trucks and underframe. Most of these wrecks occured from 1920 on back to the Civil War era. Removing them is deemed risky or too expensive, so they remain as part of the landscape. Hopefully people are careful when they check one out.

As a guy that used to work with metals, I would hate to be out in the boonies and receive a deep scratch or cut from one of these rusting, bacteria laden wrecks and not have a medical facility nearby to get a tetanus shot!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by steveblackledge

This is a scene from my railroad, there was a nasty surprise for the crew of this sunken GP when it went off the rails and into the mud of the river yarrow.

Its not a GP. Its an ALCo RS11

[Anonymous]

That's an RS11 in Steveblackledges river, not a Geep!

[TrainFreak409]

I think, when I model my wreck, it will be a UP train that is derailed. And the figures around the wreck will be pointing and laughing. [:p][:D]

[Anonymous]

While I dont model the actual wreck, I model the sequences leading up to the wreck. April 30, 1900 Vaughn, Mississippi IC train #1 the New Orleans Fast Mail ( Cannonball ) Cheers Mike

[grandeman]

I almost "modeled" a wreck when our MRC DCC system "ghosted" between ops groups the other day. Gotta get that Digitrax system soon...

[Train 284]

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QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

I think, when I model my wreck, it will be a UP train that is derailed. And the figures around the wreck will be pointing and laughing. [:p][:D]

HAHAHA thats a good one, you really don't like UP do you? [:)][:D][8D][:p][}:)][;)] Make sure there not laughing at the crew, that would'nt be very nice![:I]

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Train 284

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QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

I think, when I model my wreck, it will be a UP train that is derailed. And the figures around the wreck will be pointing and laughing. [:p][:D]

HAHAHA thats a good one, you really don't like UP do you? [:)][:D][8D][:p][}:)][;)] Make sure there not laughing at the crew, that would'nt be very nice![:I]

I can't say I hold much respect for the modern day UP. There is something that isn't right when a railroad wrecks a demo unit on lease (Cough, SD70ACe, cough cough.) UP is my least favorite of todays railroad, but I don't hate them, just, have a mild dislike with them.[:p] Now older UP was awesome, with steam and turbine, and huge diesels...yeah, that was cool.

[ac4400fan]

Ok Guys on a scale level,The wreck does happen,in force ,when you leave em running for hrs ,and suddenly go to the B/R thats when it happens!,so heres a H.O scales force of impact,,


so far 3 couplers i have to replace




im sry a little blurred



Thank goodness that Shell car didnt blow up next to the ADM grain elevator,and melissas deli,,and the i have to replace one hole truck that broke!

so as scaled the force is still there ,,

Carl......

[twhite]

Holy cats, Carl--that looks like the aftermath of the circus train wreck in that movie THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!! I hate to say it, because of the damage it probably caused, but that's one SPECTACULAR derailment. Hope everything got fixed.

Actually, there is the aftermath of a derailment on the old SP Cascade Line near Cascade Summit in Oregon, where the track hugs a sheer cliff on trestles and pilings. Seems a boxcar or two fell off of a particularly high trestle, and it just wasn't worth reclaiming them. I don't know if the wreck's still there, but for years when I would take the COAST STARLIGHT to Portland, I could see it WAAAAAAAY down there in the trees below the trestle. Scary!
Tom [xx(][:O]