Operator Error Causes Derailment

[upguy]

This was the scene after I was finally able to bring my train to a stop yesterday. I didn't know I was out of control until it was too late.

 

[upguy]

Same incident a few minutes later--from a little different angle.

 

[alex_mrrkb]

LOL !!!

You're lucky ... thoses little plastic guys heal pretty fast ... just a little dab of plastic cement and they're ready for another crash !

As long as they don't melt ... they're pretty much eternal

 

[rockislandmike]

You know, obviously you didn't mean to derail, but the result looks pretty prototypical !!!!

(1) Thank goodness the police got there quick;
(2) Hopefully there were no dangerous goods in those hoppers !!!!

 

[interurban]

HI UPGUY,
GREAT SHOTS , what we need now are the ambulance plastic people and nice nurse`s.

 

[txcavgr]

upguy, that looks just like my layout did yesterday... I like your weathering on the cars!

 

[upguy]

Thanks for the nice comments. Here is a closer look at the weathering on one of the cars.

 

[Drew1125]

Whew!
Looks like that was a close call for some of the motorists on that highway!
Glad to see the cops are on the scene now!

Great photo, upguy!
And some great modeling to go with it!

 

[Woodie]

Phew... that was close! Trainroomfloor Canyon is just on the other side of the road!!

 

[billk]

Looks like US 30 around North Platte awhile back!

 

[rockislandmike]

How long was the mainline shut down for ???
*WHAT* was in the hoppers ???

 

[shamus]

In the imortal words of Tommy Lee Jones (Fugitive) "My my my, what a mess"

Looks real good that, like the police car also.

Shamus

 

[upguy]

Fortunately, there were no injuries and the mainline was only shut down for a short time. The hoppers were empty cement hoppers bound for the Ashgrove Cement plant at Nelson, Oregon.

 

[Clerk]

I have a crane available just sitting on a track in the yard. It is N scale.

 

[Bill Stone]

Hey, Interurben..... Upguy was obviously going for realism here. "Nice nurses" would not be prototypical at all.
BillS

 

[MCL_RDG]

Uh Oh!

Hate when that happens! Nice job tho!

I am extremely impressed with the weathering on the car with the close up!

Please, please, please hit the trucks with a dry brush (pay attention to the springs and all the little details you did on the body- and replace that trip/hose) and post it in the next photo contest!

I can see the recent load over all those other road trips and appreaciate the dust and dirt that's settled in to each layer. Really nice touch on the brush.

Mark