Burning your bridges?

[billk]

Here's a link to a Train Board thread with a series of pictures of a coal train parked on a burning trestle. How do you suppose one would model that?

TrainBoard thread

 

[60103]

How do you suppose one would model that?

...not with plastic hoppers, obviously.

 

[rich maiorano]

maybe we can get allen curtis to make some for us in medal rich

 

[alkcnw]

After looking at the photo's the first word that came to mind was OOPS!!!!!

 

[Catt]

What I want to know is why did they leave them on the bridge instead of pulling them off

 

[BDC]

Originally posted by billk
How do you suppose one would model that?

Only once. Better be an outdoor layout, too. It doesn't what scale the rolling stock is in, just make sure your fire extinguisher is 1:1.

 

[Woodie]

I note "The Colonel" is Sydney based. Dunno who he is though. One trainboard is enough for me to keep up with. This one will do me fine!

 

[gromit]

Common sense

Well common sense would be to pull the cars off the bridge, but as the original post started, they were following regulations stopping the train in the first place. I guess pulling train cars off of a burning bridge isn't covered in the regulation manual.

 

[sumpter250]

OK, who was supposed to bring the hot dogs, and marshmallows?
Pete

 

[alkcnw]

Plus if they pulled the cars off the bridge it wouldn't have been such a great picture!!!!!!!!

 

[CarlFidy]

I think they mentioned something about molten metal from one of the railcar trucks. When they stopped, could the molten truck have fused/welded itself to the rail, making it impossible to pull the cars off....

Just a thought...does that idea make any sense...