At the speed it was going that crash looked very realistic! Especially the way those cars crashed into each other. There must have been a locomotive in the back of the train. One of the best I have seen yet!
@gsmrm I have always had problems with the "Push" configuration especially if the front cars are heavier than the one on back, since HO trains are so light, they tend to derail. Now, I am talking about the trains that have the couplers attached to the trucks instead of the car itself cause the couplers bounce up the wheelset when force is applied. I wanna start buying the "REAL" miniature ones. Not the fake "coupler on bogie ones" like I have. How I do a search for them? Do they have a name?
@RerailMe Search for "body mounted couplers". Some manufacturers make cars with couplers already body-mounted, in other cases you have to install them yourself. That's how it is in N scale anyways, I don't know about HO.
Also, be sure to weigh your cars according to the NMRA recommendations, to avoid having cars that are too light or too heavy.
The O scale layout uses a combination of track current and optical detectors for the signals. At the time this video was shot the system was still in development, so I'm not surprised that the signals weren't quite right yet.
A lot of Garden Railway folks do just that - they don't want to keep cleaning their tracks, so they use batteries and radio control to run their trains. In larger scales that is so much easier than HO and N.
Hopefully the reefers & the Revell switch tower weren't seriously damaged.
Petemonster62 4 months ago
that was awesome
Herooftherailsfan67 5 months ago
You can see how momentum plays a role in a crash. There must have been aaaaalot of cars attached to that train.
supramanz 11 months ago
OH THE HUMANITY!!!!
mercenary454 11 months ago
At the speed it was going that crash looked very realistic! Especially the way those cars crashed into each other. There must have been a locomotive in the back of the train. One of the best I have seen yet!
Bassotronics 1 year ago
@Bassotronics Yes, there was a pusher in the back for this scene. The engine on the front was a dummy unit.
gsmrm 1 year ago
@gsmrm I have always had problems with the "Push" configuration especially if the front cars are heavier than the one on back, since HO trains are so light, they tend to derail. Now, I am talking about the trains that have the couplers attached to the trucks instead of the car itself cause the couplers bounce up the wheelset when force is applied. I wanna start buying the "REAL" miniature ones. Not the fake "coupler on bogie ones" like I have. How I do a search for them? Do they have a name?
RerailMe 1 year ago
@RerailMe Search for "body mounted couplers". Some manufacturers make cars with couplers already body-mounted, in other cases you have to install them yourself. That's how it is in N scale anyways, I don't know about HO.
Also, be sure to weigh your cars according to the NMRA recommendations, to avoid having cars that are too light or too heavy.
MartinJahner 1 year ago
who threw the switch lol
asfairsoftcal 1 year ago
Slow the video and it willook real!
Very nice layout with working signals!
Signals do not make sense.
Right should be all red.
(But understood when railcar wheels do not shunt track.)
robertgift 1 year ago
The O scale layout uses a combination of track current and optical detectors for the signals. At the time this video was shot the system was still in development, so I'm not surprised that the signals weren't quite right yet.
gsmrm 1 year ago
Thanks.
Just now heard the audio. Funny.
Too bad we cannot operate the engines from battery power rather than power supplied through the rails.
We could then have train detection circuits similar to what railroads use - shunting the rails.
These signals are still good and can never be perfect unless placing optical detection every foot. - which is impractical.
robertgift 1 year ago
A lot of Garden Railway folks do just that - they don't want to keep cleaning their tracks, so they use batteries and radio control to run their trains. In larger scales that is so much easier than HO and N.
gsmrm 1 year ago
That looked real
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
CSXrules1 2 years ago
Ya gotta love don some realistic train crashes once in a while, ya know? I mean, not completely destroy anything but ya know...
WhyAyeMann 2 years ago