has anyone out there in forum-world ever model a locomotive on fire, or even a train derailment? i want to see some pics of your disasters[:-,].
I asked this question a little while ago about modeling derailments: http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1061011/ShowPost.aspx I think it would be cool to have a Loco sitting by a shop that caught on fire.
I recall John Allan’s Teaby Fire Extinguisher Company. This was a half-building against a mirror, the building center against the mirror ‘burned out,’ a flickering red light in the ‘ashes’ and some thin smoke painted on the mirror.
There was also at least one commercial ‘burning building,’ complete with firefighters, trucks, hose lines and distressed maiden in an upstairs window.
Having one offspring who is a firefighter-paramedic, I prefer to see the fire equipment parked at the firehall - ready, but (for the moment) not in use.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
OK, just for you, I staged one h**l of a derailment, and the ensueing cleanup process. I have 30+ pics of the wreck, and cleanup, I’ll post the first 5. You can go to the Photobucket folder if you want to see the rest.
Enjoy!
Brad
I once worked on a layout in a museum that had been built by a commercial layout company. the entire layout was made of blue foam with open grid support. They had a high frequency detection system installed to operate signals and automatic train routing for display running. An Athearn blue box engine derailed on a switch and shorted out. The short caused the metal wheels and bearings of the truck to heat up so much, that it melted through the track, through the 2" foam and onto the floor below.
Two other LifeLike E units derailed and the trucks completely melted from the heat of the short.
Shortly after that they disconnected the high frequency detection system.
Dave H.
GEEZZZ! How huch power were they pushing through the track! 50 amps!!???
Funny you should mention that. I’ve often wanted to build that scene into my layout and when I get the chance to build my big big layout that will definately take up a corner or a yard somewhere. No so much an engine on fire, but a pile of cars, dirt tore up and a few smashed buildings everywhere, hell, maybe I can even make a leaking tanker or two. This could prove very interesting.
No…We model a transportation system that receives bad press with every derailment…Why model it?
Beside modelers has a small fortune tied up in super nice models and in nice layouts so why add the child like toy train element of modeling derailments?
How fast where you going! Luckey the people in the caboose survived.
Norfolk Southern should just restart their steam program instead of trying to coal-fire their diesels.
I wonder if I could model this if I removed some turns of wire from a smoke unit?
Get the marshmallows ready! [C=:-)]
Quite the opposite of hot but I’m thinking about modeling a scene representing the famous incident where the "City of San Francisico"was snowbound for several days west of Donner Pass in the winter of 1952.
Our poor crew experienced a brake failure of some kind. The engine crew survived with minor injuries (thanks to some guardian angels [angel]). Caboose crew were unhurt. Our investigators estimate they were running pretty fast when they entered the curve. Thankfully, there were no fatalities.
Brad
If you want to see something hysterically funny, go onto YOUTUBE.COM and type in “World’s Greatest Model Train Wrecks”–it’s a video that had me rolling on the floor!
Tom[:P]
Twenty some-odd years ago, I staged a spectacular fire photo with the trains NOT on fire. It was a scene with a tank car on a spur next to a burning refinery, with a brave switch crew pulling the car before it could explode and level the entire town. The photo is a slide, and I have no easy way to scan it-- would have to send the slide to Kodak for a week to get a print. Sorry.
Wow! That must be a really good photo[:O].
At a show back in april a surge stalled a set of U33C’s on a grade out of rogers yard. Main line trains didn’t notice thinking it was the switch crew until the lead loco started billowing smoke all over.
Other than that I kicked some cars under a tipple a little too hard and they rolled over the wheel stop and into the yard office.
Also at another show there was no yard lead and flipping the wrong switch I took my switcher onto the outer main going the opposite direction of traffic. At the same time who should come around the corner but thomas the tank engine. Long Story Short, I had a cornfield with thomas and Manage to get my switcher from blocking the main just before a B&M local came flying through the inner main. Cursed crossover [:)][:D][8D][:P]