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A wreck train fixing a derailment
Arnie, Great video, loved the explanations of what is occurring. In real life slings are used to connect the load to the hook/s. This reduces the further damage to rolling stock from the weight of the car on non structural components. Just a bit hard to do in “N” scale.
Keep them coming.
Peter
Great job with the video. Sounds on train a bit loud but still a great video Your layout looks great as well.
A really great video. I especially liked the scene size-up done by the helicopter and the emphasis on safety. The only glitch was the crew train which should not have been positioned so close to the work area. Had something gone wrong, the derailed car could have ended up falling onto the caboose.
Watching this video was like having my dessert on Thanksgiving Day. Must be a beautiful layout. Thanks for posting this clip.
Very well done, very entertaining.
Nice video… Really cool.
The CP is going to have to do some head scratching as to which car derailed and possibly damaged. It seems as the two gondolas at the head of the train have the same number, oops! Did the crewman riding on the crane when it started to leave fall off? OSHA would not look kindly on that. Good video, I guess I’m a nit picker sometimes. Enjoyed the video, nice looking layout. I got an idea from yours to use on mine, hope you don’t mind. Have fun!!!
Well done!!! I can only imagine how much fun that must have been to compile! I loved it and am now thinking of some videos I might be able to do as well!
Well done! I enjoyed the video.
This was great! I enjoyed watching and listening. It reminded me of an “accident” I had many years ago on my layout and the incident report I wrote up afterward. We do have great imaginations while working this hobby.
I also thought you might like to expand on it with a follow up accident investigation team to determine the root cause - something jammed the points of the turnout or track gage has changed or wheel set defective - out of alignment - something else?? More fun and imagination.
Very well done. I liked the slow scenes and the helicopter.
Great video! That was very interesting. It kept me glue to the screen to see what was going to happen next. I do believe this is the future of video taking of model trains. Story telling.
Well done great job enjoyed a lot
Good job!! You’ve obviously got a ‘script’ laid out, so this is something that could be used at random in operating sessions with actual model train derailments. It would be a lot of fun, and drive the dispatcher nuts trying to “prototypically” route trains around the wreck if at all possible.
WOW! Great layout, love the water, just everything about it. I have an N scale for under my small Christmas tree and it’s hard to keep on the oval track that comes with it. So Koodos to you for running this huge layout in N scale!
A few details about prototype practice that could be incorporated:
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Always uncouple the rear of the train and pull it clear. You might leave one still-on-the-track car as a “handle” for the wreck crew, if needed, on that end. You don’t want additional casualties.
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The 250-ton derricks (and almost all of them above 120-ton capacity) are self-propelled, once on the job site. The locomotive would cut away from the crane and tool car and let the derrick do the moves. Once the latter is in place, the jacks would be deployed (with timbers off of the tool car) and the chassis of the derrick would become stationary.
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Once the derailed car is either re-railed of cleared off of the right-of-way (for recovery later, after through service has been restored), the derrick would have the boom lowered - hopefully to be re-united with the boom tender (idler) flat car - apparently cut away ahead of the wreck site to facilitate the shoving of the derrick in place.
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If re-railed, the car would be taken, by itself, to a siding ahead behind the boom tender / idler car. It would not, normally be moved further with the remainder of the original train in trail (trainlines could have been compromised in the overturn and wheels could be damaged). Further movement in a full train could result in a second derailment.
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Motive power here appears secondary - a steam switcher. If the wreck had occurred near a working yard, this is possible. More likely, however, is that some form of road power (most likely diesel, judging from the other locos in use) would arrive with the wreck train. Remember that, while the mainline is tied up, with trains unable to get through, any road power is fair game. At one October 1959 multi-car derailment in western Pennsylvania, wreck trains (public-relations folks, for that railroad, referred to them as “relief” trains - operating people referred to them as “tool” trains), derricks were summoned from both directio
nice job ! really good entertaining video. your layout looks very well designed and populated. thanks for sharing with us. I hope to see another video soon.
Recognized the “AIRWOLF” theme instantly but can’t see this as a plot line for the TV series. Starred Jan Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine and very cute, freckled, strawberry blonde Jean Bruce Scott, if memory serves. Oh, and a helicopter that defied all laws of aerodynamics in the James Bond tradition. At least the chopper couldn’t speak a la KITT!