Large Scale Central

And you thought you trackwork was bad

General Discussion
#1

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=392342&nseq=0 No, this is not unlevel. No, this is not a derailment. Yes, the right of way needs some work. Here we see a Maumee & Western Railway westbound train stopped briefly to make certain they do not have any cars on the ground. Luckily it was a “false alarm” in the words of a crewman. The train was amazingly able to continue west to the yard and CSX interchange at Defiance, Ohio. The locomotive is M&W affiliate road Connersville & New Castle #5, a former Santa Fe GP7 rebuild. The railroad is a former Wabash line from Toledo, Ohio to Woodburn, Indiana.

#2

That should make us all feel good about our trackage. Thanks!

#3

That looks like a telephoto shot

#4
David Kapp said:
That looks like a telephoto shot
No doubt.

But the camera is not cranked a bit to the right to accentuate the lean of the locomotive. Those people are vertical.

And, there is no way to fake the waviness of the rails, or the rotten ties.

#5

I saw this before and did a little digging. There are videos out there of the train waddling though this mess :slight_smile: My guess is top speed of about 1 MPH to keep everything on the rails.

EDIT: Here’s one…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TaNeam-J-g[/youtube]

#6

I’ve seen more than one R/W with track like that just not a bad!

Paul