One time, many moons ago, I was photographing a layout for a modeler who was going to send it to a model railroad publication. We set up one scene to show a car beating a train across a crossing
We went on with photographing and forgot about the automobile until the train came through the crossing again. You guessed it, the train T-boned the automobile, so train-auto accidents are not unheard of in the modeling world, either! Bob Nicholson ______________________________ --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > Although this is certainly off topic as the AF Cow on the Track > Accessory is, but one incident that sticks in my head was a motorcycle > was doing extra duty in protecting a funeral procession. The officer > stopped his cycle on the tracks and held up his hands to stop a train! > Of course the motorcycle was crushed like a beer can, the cop ticketed > the switcher crew...which of course, made him a laughing stock in court. > > I tune in to a Milwaukee Road Yahoo list, where one fellow who > apparently has access to all the rail/auto accidents posts a brief > history of each one that took place in South Dakota. These incidents > are divided into many categories ranging from alcohol, hearing impaired, > high snow banks, slippery roads and of course just not paying > attention. In one case an incident came very close to what could have > happened to me. I car simply drove into the side of a train that was > moving rather rapidly hauling many flatcars. Similarly, I was on an > unfamiliar rural road without even any cross-bucks, searching for a > drilling site someplace in Oklahoma. The train was fairly quiet > (probably welded rail and no flat spots) where you could see the road > beyond the flats. What caught my eye was the reflective tape applied to > some of the cars. > > I also did a trip with Operation Lifesaver where I rode in the cab of a > vintage F unit. A video camera was mounted in the mars light place that > broadcast video back to several passenger cars where local officials, > school bus drivers, and law enforcement could see what the engineer > saw. Indeed I caught several drivers running around the arms etc. > > The s scale cars on my layout have pretty close to a perfect driving record! > > Bob Werre > > > > On 8/16/11 10:40 AM, Michael & Linda Marmer wrote: > > > > Andre, > > > > I can understand that these accidents have a great impact on you, as > > it would be for anyone. > > > > > Andre, I am sorry to read you had 6 accidents, as I think > > > you are a engineer? > > > > That is correct, Mike. > > > > > Not your fault. > > > > And I understand that... but it still leaves imprints. To this day my > > butt > > tightens up each time I approach a crossing where I hit someone. I often > > violate the 15-20 second rule at those crossings. > > > > Andre Ming > > > > Yahoo! Groups > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJjZTBxbWRoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI1MjE5MARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUzNDY3MzEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDZ2ZwBHN0aW1lAzEzMTM1MDkyODA-> > > > > > > Switch to: Text-Only > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Change%20Delivery%20Format:%20Traditional>, > > > > Daily Digest > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20Digest> > > ⢠Unsubscribe > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> ⢠> > Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > > . > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
