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.
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…
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]
