There really IS a prototype for everything...

[emjaybee]

Just when you thought you'd seen it all...

https://gizmodo.com/that-time-a-canadian-town-derailed-a-diesel-train-and-d-1846307148/amp

[stevewalker]

Yes, I remember it being in the news at the time. I have also since discovered that some locos are actually designed and designated to be emergency generator sets.

The amazing bit (to me at least) about that one, was that they drove it, under its own power, along the last 1000ft or so of road ... without any track (shades of stealing the tank engine in The Titfield Thunderbolt)! With the flanges making grooves in the road surface. I assume that they used some heavy machinery to keep it going the right way.

[emjaybee]

If the road was fairly flat, it could just be a case of point and go.

[railsquid]

I have an occasional dream that I'm on a tram or train which for some reason needs to leave the tracks and run along the road for some reason, and I always wonder how the driver manages to "steer" it. 

[emjaybee]

Err, okay...   

Not sure if that's disturbing or not.

[Trainfish]

I'm quite sure it is disturbing 

Maybe we should start a thread recounting our dreams? I have a few 

[GlenEglise]

Just when you thought you'd seen it all...

https://miningheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/15-8F-Turntable-incident-1.jpg

Kirkby in Ashfield

The Turntable incident at Kirkby Loco Sheds in 1959.  Photo Credit – Kirkby Heritage Centre

[LASteve]

I've been there, done that.

On Moorpark, thankfully. The engine was easy enough to remove and the "brickwork" undamaged. My controller went rogue and wouldn't stop the Castle nor the turnable. The result looked very similar.

Embarrassing, but not fatal, hopefully.

[Bob Tidbury]

Did they employ one of Richard Bransons drivers to steer that loco down the road , I remember  Branson praising his driver for steering that Voyager down the bank when  it crashed .
Bob Tidbury

[Newportnobby]

Luckily the guy on the turntable prevented further damage by stopping the 8F with one hand!

[railsquid]

Is your single tunnel portal somewhat larger than the actual tunnel? Not a problem for Italian layouts:


ALe883 002 by maurizio messa, on Flickr

[Railwaygun]

Prototype for KatoUnitrack

[railsquid]

Annoyed by the way bogie-mounted buffer beams on diesels can look odd on curves? No worries:


40086 Inverness TMD by David Chamberlain, on Flickr

[railsquid]

Modelling a Netherlands scene and need to plug a hole in your dike? Just use a spare multiple unit driving car:


Trein 545 (ICM 4097) en de ABDk 322 by Lolke Bijlsma, on Flickr

[Bob Tidbury]

Any explanation on why that unit is stuck in the bank,raisquid .
Bob Tidbury