http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYHUTbyPUS
Boy tracklaying would be a task, but boy it could be fun for people who like patching locos 
Those prairie trains can get quite long canāt they?
The weeds and high grass would be easy to model as would the leaning track workā¦All you would need to do is place a strip of thin ABS plastic or balsa wood on one side of the track and you can emulate the leanā¦
This video seems to mimic model railroaders obsession of seeing just how slow they can make their trains go, I really donāt think in reality that average trains actually go this slow. never could figure out why MRās find satisfaction on running their trains at microscopic speeds.
The loco would be easy. Looks like a GP7u.
Half of my freight car fleet would probably end up on their sides on that section of track! Iāve loosened up the truck screws on most of my cars to compensate for some tight spots on some of my older curves. Most of these curves were widened out over the past few years, but I still like a little play in the trucks.
Donāt think it is a prarie train as it is located in Indiana and Ohio, it was previously the old Wabash mainline between Toledo, OH and Fort Wayne, OH although the section from Liberty Center and Maumee does not exist anymore.
Rick J
If that track gets any worse they will need āRotary Couplersā, hear them snapping and popping.
? Itās a real train, moving about as fast as it can given the track conditions. Why do model railroaders like to run trains slow? Because real trains donāt go flying down the track with mile long freights at 150mph. Itās one thing if you are modeling the high speed trains in Europe or Japan, but in case you hadnāt noticed, proposals for so called āhigh speed railā in the US mention things like a blazing fast 100mph. Thatās passenger trains, on dedicated right of way. Typical freight train speeds are generally far less. Trains take a long time to speed up and slow down, so unless you happen to catch a through train thatās managed to get clear all the way, it will only hit the top speed for a small portion of the trip, at other times it will be speeding up from a stop or slow signal, or a speed restriction, or a slow order from track work, or slowing down due to a restricted signal or scheduled stop.
āRandy
Hi
Model railroad track needs to be on the level our couplings are not big enough, to deal with some of the wild variations that less well maintained lines can have.
As to slow moving trains on models thats simple it only takes a few minuets to go round our layouts.
So the train gets slowed down to help give the impression of distance it is also easier to keep under control and our curves are nothing like as big as the real railroads.
For example most of us have seen the Hogwarts Express on the Glen Finnan viaduct on real railroads that is considered a very sharp curve in model terms its about 10ā radius and considered to big for most model situations.
So while some things can be dead accurate scale models the reality is a lot of things have to give unless you have an aircraft hanger to build your railroad in.
regards John
I donāt knowā¦ A lot of that equipment isnāt weathered too much, looks shiny and new. Even the graffiti looks fresh. A real train would never look like that [*][:-^]
Thanks for the link David.[(-D]
What did they lay that track on? Quicksand?
That must be a very low rent short line with no MOW guys
You wanna see trains that have obscene amounts of rust, dirt an d grime you gotta come down to Louisiana. They look worse than the ones on my layout!
Davidh66
Me thinks we have a railway here that has been cutting corners on their track maintenance! I wonder if the engine crew gets danger pay?
I have seen examples of modelers mimicking wonky track but I donāt think they were quite that bad. The modeled bad track actually looks kind of neat.
I have also seen another real life example of track like that. It was on the line (not sure of the railroad) at the top of Clifton Hill in downtown Niagara Falls, Ontario. I thought the freight cars were going to fall over, partly because the train was travelling much faster than in your video! The engine had come through the uneven track at a fairly low speed but then it started to accelerate before the rest of the train had cleared the rough track. Watching the cars rock back and forth was a bit scarey, especially since we were standing right beside the track waiting to cross the right of way. It was definately more scary than anything in the local wax museums[(-D].
This was not happening in a rural environment - it was right in the middle of a main street with businesses on both sides of the track only a car lane and a sidewalk width away. OK - it looked worse than it really was but there was still a certain āOMGā aspect to it. I wanted to step back but the desire to continue watching for potential mayhem kept me right beside the tracks[}:)][D)]. Good thing nothing happened because I would have been squashed like a bug. The offending track was torn up not too long after so that probably explains the poor maintence.
Dave
Now I understand how they can tag those cars with such large graffiti. All they have to do is walk along side the car.[sn] I donāt know if I could lay track that bad unless I had violated Rule āGā every day I was out on MOW jobs.[B] Wow itās a wonder they stay on the track.[:O]
I hate wax museumsā¦ [:|]
thereās tons of videos like these on the tube, I watched one with a conrail Dash 8 going for a bumpy ride. has to be scar
I canāt wait for those Topeka Cabs in HO!
Is that a ā5 Point Leaner?ā
Hmmm, not sure I could model that, at least not until my tracklaying skills improve dramatically! [(-D]
Jim
The average speed of a intermodal train is 30-35 mph.A freight train is much slower averaging 20-25 mph.
Hereās what the real railroads say concerning performance__.__
When Iām performing yard or switching moves, I like to run my trains nice and slow like the real thing. Why do through the trouble of making our model railroads realistic if youāre just going to run everything at supersonic speeds?
Kevin