In 1944, the U.S. War Department made a film showing how hard it is to derail a train by blowing-up sections of rail. This is pretty amazing how much abuse a train can take and still stay on the rails...

http://www.realmilitaryflix.com/public/212.cfm?sd=61

It requires flash to play.

Have fun!

-Phil

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Model Railroading means..."A Money-Pit filled with Trains"

I guess none of these guys understood some of the basic laws of physics - momentum. Now if they had gapped the rails on a curve...

Gomez sure new how to blow up (Lionel) trains in his basement.

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Bruce (McToots) McElhoe
KAMRI President
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LOL!

So, how is it my railroad derails when I only have a scale 3" gap???

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Ya know, I was such a geek in High School the AV Club used to beat me up...

Bad karma? Are you refereing to 1:1 scale?

"It's always better to eat the cookies than to delete them" - geek anon

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Bruce (McToots) McElhoe
KAMRI President
and Web Site Moderator

ermmm... i think I meant 3mm gap, or less, sometimes.

Moot point, no layout right now but planning a new one soon.

Also, Gary's given me the green light to refurb the store layout.

Rob

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Ya know, I was such a geek in High School the AV Club used to beat me up...