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Trussrod
Well-Known Member
Evening all,
Joe: I realize that a Head-On Collision between trains sure can/must be devastating to say the least with all the tonnage behind each loco/s as is somewhat shown in the picture. I think that's the second picture Garry's posted showing a head-on collision. I also assumed that it must have been dispatcher error to route two loco's/trains traveling toward each other on the same trackage within the same time period.
Is this something that neither engineer & crew is made aware-of ahead of time to allow them to take evasive action to escape serious injury? That maybe is wishful thinking on my part as it may well be something that neither the dispatcher nor the engineer's are aware of till it's too late?
I'm sure rear end collisions are not good either especially if there was a crummy on the end.
Curt: Sorry that your feeling too good.
Hey Rex Good to see you back on here, I was beginning to wonder what happened to you and hoping you were ok. Thanks for your remembering me too, I'm still fairly healthy fortunately!
Sherrel: I'm not sure if I ever answered your question regarding how I built my Right curved turnout that I was having so much problem with. 1st, I somewhat settled on #6 curved turnouts attempting to avoid any radius's that are too tight especially on my Class 1 mainline. Hey trains may get all the way up to 10 mph on freight and 15 mph with passenger. LoL That's ok slow is fine with me.
I print out the templates and attach them to a board and cover the template with clear packaging tape to which I lightly glue the PC tie strips using glue stick and then solder the rail to them using my track gauges as best possible in the process. I'm also attempting to follow the curvature of the printed template so the rail I'm soldering in place should be fairly close to the template. This last Right and turnout/switch for some reason caused the track gang a lot of problems which they finally seemed to have gotten worked out. I thought I was going to have to cann the lot of them but for now it seems to be working fine for my slow speeds. It gives new meaning to, 'I've been working on the railroad'! Anyway, the switch is on the upper back line so I have to stand on my two step high stool so I can reach over to get to it and try and view it to position it properly as it's coming of a slight curve too which may have something to do with it's placement that I may not have gotten as precisely placed as I thought. Well anyway the track gang had to use some rather creative guard rails in odd spots but I can move a train through it both forward and reverse even with the old time cars having the narrower code 88 tread width ribbed back wheels. So for now I decided to keep my track gang!
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Hey, it's time to get to work on the RR again so I don't loose my job.
Later, Bindle Stick friends.
Joe: I realize that a Head-On Collision between trains sure can/must be devastating to say the least with all the tonnage behind each loco/s as is somewhat shown in the picture. I think that's the second picture Garry's posted showing a head-on collision. I also assumed that it must have been dispatcher error to route two loco's/trains traveling toward each other on the same trackage within the same time period.
Is this something that neither engineer & crew is made aware-of ahead of time to allow them to take evasive action to escape serious injury? That maybe is wishful thinking on my part as it may well be something that neither the dispatcher nor the engineer's are aware of till it's too late?
I'm sure rear end collisions are not good either especially if there was a crummy on the end.
Curt: Sorry that your feeling too good.
Hey Rex Good to see you back on here, I was beginning to wonder what happened to you and hoping you were ok. Thanks for your remembering me too, I'm still fairly healthy fortunately!
Sherrel: I'm not sure if I ever answered your question regarding how I built my Right curved turnout that I was having so much problem with. 1st, I somewhat settled on #6 curved turnouts attempting to avoid any radius's that are too tight especially on my Class 1 mainline. Hey trains may get all the way up to 10 mph on freight and 15 mph with passenger. LoL That's ok slow is fine with me.
I print out the templates and attach them to a board and cover the template with clear packaging tape to which I lightly glue the PC tie strips using glue stick and then solder the rail to them using my track gauges as best possible in the process. I'm also attempting to follow the curvature of the printed template so the rail I'm soldering in place should be fairly close to the template. This last Right and turnout/switch for some reason caused the track gang a lot of problems which they finally seemed to have gotten worked out. I thought I was going to have to cann the lot of them but for now it seems to be working fine for my slow speeds. It gives new meaning to, 'I've been working on the railroad'! Anyway, the switch is on the upper back line so I have to stand on my two step high stool so I can reach over to get to it and try and view it to position it properly as it's coming of a slight curve too which may have something to do with it's placement that I may not have gotten as precisely placed as I thought. Well anyway the track gang had to use some rather creative guard rails in odd spots but I can move a train through it both forward and reverse even with the old time cars having the narrower code 88 tread width ribbed back wheels. So for now I decided to keep my track gang!
> >
Hey, it's time to get to work on the RR again so I don't loose my job.
Later, Bindle Stick friends.
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GarryCBQ
Well-Known Member
About a month after the fatal collision involving C&S 700D, the C&S had another fatal collision. This time it was with FW&D 750A which was another F7A and C&S 828, an SD9 which were the lead units of two trains that collided head-on. ... EMD rebuilt FW&D 750A into an F9Am just like the rebuilt C&S 700D. ... C&S 828 was rebuilt by EMD, and it then became the first SD9 to be painted in the Burlington Chinese red paint scheme. ... In the photo, 750A was loaded in pieces onto flat cars. 828 could be towed on its own wheels.
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kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
Not sure yet Rex. We're not even sure where we might Vaca this year. Right now, Arizona, Texas and even Bama are all possibilities. For some reason the cats don't want us to go this year. What happened last year???
BigE
Active Member
Well... the rains seem to have cleared out for now and nothing but stars out now and somewhat warm.
In the west is a nearly full moon with Saturn or Jupiter just to the north. Wish I had a telescope!!
Suppose to turn chilly this afternoon so I'll take a jacket with me - assuming we're working.
E
In the west is a nearly full moon with Saturn or Jupiter just to the north. Wish I had a telescope!!
Suppose to turn chilly this afternoon so I'll take a jacket with me - assuming we're working.
E
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Colder at 38 degrees this morning. It rained 1.7" yesterday, about twice what I was hoping for. Never got above 48 yesterday, will return to the 60's and 70's this week. Grass will grow, trees will bud and leaf out.
Garry - Beautiful picture of your 700-D.
Joe - Good luck with the jury duty.
Curt - I said it before and you didn't listen, but get well soon.
Ken in MD - Good luck with the taxes. My wife is a Blockhead (H & R Block) and she deals with it daily. I have to hear about it every night.
David - My friend who drives for BNSF says that he has had "drop & roll" training to get off trains when there is time. Not always possible in some terrain though. There you just keep going back through units and pray. "His" regular train washed off the tracks about 5 miles east of here last May; but fortunately for him, he was logged off for a wedding that night.
Rex/Eric - Good to see that you both survived the weather intact.
Have a great day everyone.
Willie
Garry - Beautiful picture of your 700-D.
Joe - Good luck with the jury duty.
Curt - I said it before and you didn't listen, but get well soon.
Ken in MD - Good luck with the taxes. My wife is a Blockhead (H & R Block) and she deals with it daily. I have to hear about it every night.
David - My friend who drives for BNSF says that he has had "drop & roll" training to get off trains when there is time. Not always possible in some terrain though. There you just keep going back through units and pray. "His" regular train washed off the tracks about 5 miles east of here last May; but fortunately for him, he was logged off for a wedding that night.
Rex/Eric - Good to see that you both survived the weather intact.
Have a great day everyone.
Willie
logandsawman
Well-Known Member
Good morning, it is 30 and cloudy. again. Sure looking forward to spring this year, even though it hasn't been a bad winter. Never more than 9" on the ground at any given time.
montanan
Whiskey Merchant
Good morning. 17 degrees to start off the day. Sure got spoiled down in Florida. It is nice to finally be home again.
Terry - Guess I should have done a better search before heading to Ocala. I didn't know that Trains of Ocala had closed. Stopped in last years and picked up some goodies. I was not aware of Dan's Train Depot. I'll keep it in mind for next years trip.
Garry - You sure come up with some great photos. Thanks for posting.
Maybe I'll try to get a little work done on train projects today. Catch you later.
Terry - Guess I should have done a better search before heading to Ocala. I didn't know that Trains of Ocala had closed. Stopped in last years and picked up some goodies. I was not aware of Dan's Train Depot. I'll keep it in mind for next years trip.
Garry - You sure come up with some great photos. Thanks for posting.
Maybe I'll try to get a little work done on train projects today. Catch you later.
IronBeltKen
Lazy Daydreamer
Afternoon y'all!
You guys in the Gulf states, I'm glad you weren't impacted by the tornadoes. Terry, I see that the NWS is predicting the storms will be blowing across NC - hope you won't be in their path!
I'm ~50 miles north of the "severe" zone, but conditions are still gonna be mighty ugly here during my commute home. Heavy rain with 25mph winds.
Willie, I'll bet the ones she talks about the most are the shoot-the-messenger stories, where the customer assumes they're getting a refund [because they always did before] and suddenly discovers that they owe - big time! Could probably get dangerous in some instances...
You guys in the Gulf states, I'm glad you weren't impacted by the tornadoes. Terry, I see that the NWS is predicting the storms will be blowing across NC - hope you won't be in their path!
I'm ~50 miles north of the "severe" zone, but conditions are still gonna be mighty ugly here during my commute home. Heavy rain with 25mph winds.
Willie, I'll bet the ones she talks about the most are the shoot-the-messenger stories, where the customer assumes they're getting a refund [because they always did before] and suddenly discovers that they owe - big time!
Could probably get dangerous in some instances...
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Terry, hope you got the brakes set?
I ended up running the slideouts in to minimize the surface area, and wind pressure. The trailer was moving around pretty good during the height of the incident, and moving to a real building was more dangerous than staying put.
Damage around the property looks to be minimal.
Damage around the property looks to be minimal.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Ken in MD
Willie
You got that right. The Obamacare penalty is kicking a lot of them. Especially those who are already "fudging" to get Earned Income Credit (you know, the people you and I support). When she casually asks people at this time in the filing season what they intend to do with their refund (mostly rapid refunds), the answer is to get a relative out of jail, followed by paying the rent. Around this time in the season though, the clientele level starts to go up. Farmers, ranchers and rental property owners start to come in. Later it's people who make a lot of investment income, all of which which raises her commissions considerably. Not surprisingly, she gets a lot of gamblers since there are several casinos about ten miles north on the Indian reservations in Oklahoma. Gamblers like to tip!
Willie
montanan
Whiskey Merchant
Warmed up to 45 degrees this afternoon. Got some work done for the layout. Started putting up some signs on the businesses in town. The first is the Silver Star Diner, which is right across from the passenger station and one on the Montana Motor Supply Co, which is a real business locally and has been arond since the wheel was invented.
The next two are the Sears Catalog store. In Montana, many communities were too small for an actual Sears store so they did put in catalog stores and carried some popular items, but were not full size stores. The second is Vanns Radio, TV abd Appliance. This is also named after a local business which was around the area for decades.
I have also been working on the Walthers Sand towers for the yard area. Took a break from that because I find working with very small parts a bit more difficult than it used to be.
Terry - I was wonder how long you could swim.
The next two are the Sears Catalog store. In Montana, many communities were too small for an actual Sears store so they did put in catalog stores and carried some popular items, but were not full size stores. The second is Vanns Radio, TV abd Appliance. This is also named after a local business which was around the area for decades.
I have also been working on the Walthers Sand towers for the yard area. Took a break from that because I find working with very small parts a bit more difficult than it used to be.
Terry - I was wonder how long you could swim.
Greg@mnrr
Section Hand
Chet, those signs really add to the realism of your layout.
Finished cleaning up my layout room and put the black cloth back to finish the fascia. It really hides the storage I have under and round the layout. I use a metal cart on wheels to storage many of scenery materials. When not in use it rolls under the layout.
Ran some trains today and ran my new Milwaukee Atlas Classic ALCO with LOK-SOUND. Closest DCC sound I ever heard that sounds like an ALCO. I listened to it and think the locomotive is about to stall and smoke like heck! Sure sounds like an ALCO.
Need to post a video of the unit.
Thanks all forks.
Greg
Finished cleaning up my layout room and put the black cloth back to finish the fascia. It really hides the storage I have under and round the layout. I use a metal cart on wheels to storage many of scenery materials. When not in use it rolls under the layout.
Ran some trains today and ran my new Milwaukee Atlas Classic ALCO with LOK-SOUND. Closest DCC sound I ever heard that sounds like an ALCO. I listened to it and think the locomotive is about to stall and smoke like heck! Sure sounds like an ALCO.
Need to post a video of the unit.
Thanks all forks.
Greg
