| Posted by FSWood on December 3, 2017 | |
Ouch! Will bet that didn't do any good to the motor blower ducting and the traction motor cables.
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| Posted by Tom on December 3, 2017 | |
Would a rail-knowledgeable person please explain what happened here. I realize it could be a lot of things, but I am always interested in this since I (and others) don't know much about these occurrences.
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Insert "Price is Right" losing horn sound.
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Call out the derrick.
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I hope no one was hurt
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Only phonies won’t admit a little mayhem will get out attention every time. This is cute one.
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| Posted by Gene on December 4, 2017 | |
Happens a few times on my model railroad, but never at those harsh angles.
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call Hulcher..one call..that's all
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I'll take a 'stab' at it Tom. Looks like a reverse move on the track next to the derrick truck. All was going fine until the front truck of 5636 either 'picked' a switch (or) someone 'threw' the switch under it. Which caused that truck to diverge to the next track. The torque on the rear caused the knuckle to swing so far that it caused the trailing unit to derail and hence, the car (or two) behind it. My guess...
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| Posted by Tugboat on December 12, 2017 | |
Those old geeps had really touchy steering wheels.
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Shoulda made a left at Albuquerque. Seems likely a picked switch to me or possibly an aggressive switch tender. No matter what, a bad day at the office for that yard.
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| Posted by FSWood on December 13, 2017 | |
It is only just now that I noticed rail under 5636's rear truck is turned over. Wonder whether that damaged the associated switch point rail/blade, I can't think of the right technical term right now. And then the frog, did it damage the frog? And then I'm looking back at the date and thinking, ya know, if these guys were my kids, I think this time I'd be okay with letting them swear on a Sunday.
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| Posted by FSWood on December 13, 2017 | |
Playing with Google Maps, satellite view, then street view, found where it is: photo taken looking NNE from 8th Street bridge.
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