I’ve got a DOA Bachmann GP40-2 and a poorly running Life-Like GP38. I’m currently modeling a Maintainance facility, and I’ve put the GP40 on spare ties and damaged it a bit. I’m planning to have the GP38 be likely behind the consist, like it was involved in the same wreck but stayed upright and was towed on it’s trucks. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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I have found that making panels and components of tinfoil and then ‘crumpling’ them will give you more realistic damage than trying to heat and shape part of a plastic shell. Form the foil over an intact section of hood or cab and then shoot on a few coats of damar/Kamar varnish for stiffness. You can tool panel lines and some detail with care. Then crumple and respray, or use something like epoxy or white glue to strengthen the ‘back’ side of the wrinkled parts.
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I’m a fan of using models to tell stories. If that’s a story you want to tell, sounds like you have identified a way to do it. So, is there a historical story of a wreck on your chosen prototype route?
Not really, but I’m making it look like it flipped over in an oil train derailment and became Kentucky fried
Those usually get transported on flatcars ( a lot of time in pieces).
Welcome aboard MickeyG!
Hmmm… Kentucky Fried Locos? 
Are EMD products original and Erie Builts Extra Crispy? 
EMD is original, ALCo.s are Extra Crispy, and GE is Ultra Crispy
Welcome MickeyG!
And Bigguy511, that looks really nice, I wonder what the other unit is going to look like
Planning to make it look like it was trailing and it’s front area like the snowplow was caved in and parts of tank car climbed up and scratched it a bunch
Can’t wait to see the finished product!
With deep respect for the dead – what ‘KFC extra crispy’ looks like in NS 2799 after the collision in 1990.
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What happened to NS 2799? I’m not to familiar with the collision but it looks like a GP40 (Maybe)
It was a GP38, on a local freight from Chattanooga to Rome, GA, August 9th, 1990. A train from Atlanta to Chattanooga with two C39-8s and 70 cars failed to stop at the north end of a siding and collided with the local in the throat of the north siding switch, with little warning. The collision knocked the GP-38’s fuel tank loose and compressed it, spraying fuel and starting a tremendous fire.
There is a NTSB report, NTSB/RAR 91/02 (PB91-916302)
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