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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Monday, July 28, 2008 7:43 AM

New Haven,

I hear ya! That is a lot of water.

Any of you guys thinking about creating a similar scene? Floods are an unfortunate and very common problems here in the U.S; especially in areas near the Mississippi Delta.

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Posted by GraniteRailroader on Monday, July 28, 2008 7:53 AM

Don't forget that a "major" wreck might be as simple as a boxcar that derailed and ripped out a switch and a 100' section of track along the way until the crew noticed.

I had a car derail on me a few weeks ago... Picked the points of a switch, went over the frog, and ripped out three 40' sections of rail. 

Closed off access to two fuel dealers as well as a feed mill and put the passing track out of service. One switch, three customers.

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Monday, July 28, 2008 5:47 PM
We had prototypical Guilford operations on the club last december... Dick was running his pair of Canadian Widecabs. I rolled around the curve to see his train stopped so I stopped my train, and walked ahead. What I saw was pretty amazing... all by itself, the lead widecab managed to flop onto its side...

Alex

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