I hate it when this happens

[SAL Comet]

Bumped a car and it fell off the track, off the edge of the benchwork, and took the other eight cars and the loco with it. :curse: :curse: :curse: No major damage, a few broken couplers and mad as hail. Good thing the floor is carpeted.

 

[N Gauger]

You ever notice that cars will uncouple on their own..... Until you WANT them to!!!!!

 

[SAL Comet]

Ya know Mikey, I was thinking the same thing. Murphy's law I think?

 

[Tyson Rayles]

Nice to know I'm not the only klutz here!

 

[ak-milw]

I think that has happened to just about all of us at one time!

 

[rich maiorano]

Nice to know I'm not the only klutz here!

yep same boat here too...but I drove mine off the layout knew I sould wire it dead at a lift when it was open Rich

 

[Ralph]

Yep, been there, done that!
Ralph

 

[rcwatkins]

Been there, done that, and will happen again. That's life, but sadly Walgreens can't help us here.

 

[hoyle]

Now if the trains are HO when they fall they will brake.

 

[Woodie]

Well, Scott!! At least you know they go DOWN the incline!! ... now... do they get back up it!!

....... and we've all done it! Doubt there is anyone that hasn't! :curse:

 

[eightyeightfan1]

Read Decemebers E-Mag Crew Quarters.....

 

[kf4jqd]

I have had entire trains derail and fall off on the concrete floor!!! I have learded a lesson. I have "walls" now around the edges. My next layout will have plexity glass on the edges.

Andy

 

[Sir_Prize]

Plexiglass... Doesn't just keep'em out
...keeps'em in too.

Club layout... Scale 2 mile long tunnel in the back loop... we had 4 inch pillow foam under there. Works ok, except if they hit right. Then they bounce into the wall.

 

[dhutch]

yeah, i have wall al arounf my layout, or else the track work is a long way from the edge!

- my brother sill managed to nose-dive my Grafar tender loco and 6 coaches of the end of siding - he miss read the points (AGAIN) and went off the end at full power, taking the buffers with him over the wall and off the edge

- fortuanatly it landed onto a cushioned chair, and the only damaged was a bent loco/tender bar, which straightened nicely after a releaved my brother of the £5 the a new one would have cost!

daniel

 

[Chessie6459]

I once had a train derail and take about 5-7 cars down with it and the only thing wrong with the locomotive was the couplers broke off, nothing wrong with the cars though.

 

[ausien]

To all the members of the ss clutz; move over and save me an ore...for I am a fully paid up member of the crew..:curse: ops: ops:

 

[SAL Comet]

Steve, It looks like we have a full boat on this one. Someone scoot over.

 

[capt_turk]

I think my locos having been playing with the model F-14 while I'm asleep. They sure think that they can fly.

 

[LIRR]

I loaded up five or six bachman train set quaility hoppers with woodland scenics ballast and sent them up a grade as a "Work extra". At the top of the grade the track was a bit warped (Go go unfinished basments!") and this caused the horn-hooks ops: coupled to the engine to come undone....and well they went down that grade and took that 18'' curve at the bottom like a square peg in a round hole, ballast everywhere.

God I hated that layout. Too big, poorly planned and zero operational use (hey i was like 9 at the time and i wanted a big layout.)

 

[ausien]

oldmax,
you may have a new layou there, submarine trans atlantic RR... :thumb:

capt turk,
try putting on wings and see if they can feep up to the F-14.

lirr,
Did you learn the lesson?... smaller is sometimes better