Ouch is right Gats; I can feel your pain. Sorry to hear and see that had happened. The best part is that they can be repaired. I'm sure you could do something else with the funds but could be worse.
Ouch would not be my choice of words- something alluding to (waste) and (the Oedipus complex), topped off with (male offspring of female canine).:tb-wacky::tb-wacky: This is what happens when you grow up the stepson of a construction worker & hard rock miner....... Fortunately the blow is eased somewhat in my train room/bedroom by the carpet, as I have had some rolling stock take the Big Drop. But I'v seen enough of my HO goodies bounce off concrete to get worked up.
Fire that Track Inspector:tb-mad: I did my first kitbash when I was about 13 or so in... dare I say, HO... An SD45T-2... spent several months piecing it together, painted it... looked like, well, crap, but I was proud of it... it picked a switch, went down a spur and took a dive before I could catch it... every glue seam popped, one truck broke... two days after I had finished it........:cry2eh:
Thanks for the sympathy everyone and thanks for sharing your stories too. =) It's comforting to know I'm not alone. I was so pissed that I think the neighbors heard me screaming! Good thing I was the only one home at the time. I've had freight cars hit the floor before, but never any locos. =( After not eating much dinner last night, I looked them over in great detail and to my surprise, 3 of the 4 are not in that bad of shape. In fact, SF 5003 is back on the layout with just some rebending of the antenna stands and some touchup paint and weathering. I have a bunch of spare Kato parts, just no trucks, so the other 2 are waiting on a shipment from Katousa. Decoders are still good, even the MRC sound decoder still works like a champ! I thought that one would be a goner for sure, due to all the negative I hear about them. So that's a plus! As to the temp bar bridge, it has been replaced by a piece of subroadbed as wide as the rest of the layout's subroadbed. Lesson learned. Doug, I like to take pictures of everything related to my trains, so I can look back on how stuff used to look or what I used to have, and this situation will be a great reminder for me to not be in a hurry and to also take preventative measures. Besides, you guys are a great support group! :tb-smile: -Mike
Wow that hurts. A few years ago,I also just got my 2 trk main up & running. I was racing 2 SD-80's. After they ended up on the floor(50+ inches) I realized I never checked my double crossover. It was lined wrong. Having Leon @ Kato on speed dial,priceless.
Ouch I can really feel the pain you must have gone through, that hurts, but what hurts more is that you know it's you own damn fault. And let me add you are not alone! I'm new to the forum but have been modelling trains off an on since 75 but only seriously with layouts since 95. Now in all that time you would have thought that a few things not so, I can still make stupid mistakes. Like leaving the hobby for the last 18 months and selling off all of my HO gear. At least I have switched over to N now and am enjoying the challenges. But to show you how stupid things can get I once managed to walk into the train room and forgot to put the bridge section back on that took the main line of my Cajon Pass layout across the access door. All wrapped up in some free time and running some trains left on the layout from the last session. Turned on the power to the layout and one Key Brass 2-10-2 and a Sunset Brass 4-8-2 to a dive to the floor, carpeted, but not soft enough to save them. Never mind the 8 Intermountain ATSF reefers that followed them, all of course kits and all HO. All up about $2500 down the drain. Now immediately after settling down (took about three weeks!) cut gaps in the rails and made sure the dead sections were long enough to overcome momentum, stopped any problems in the future. Hard lesson well learnt. Rob Mc. Still modelling Cajon only now in "N"
Been there Done that. Brand new GP 38 fell a scale 640 feet to the hardwood floor. Not once but twice. It did not survive the second leap of faith.
My bed used ot be under the layout - the bed was four feet wide, the layout was three feet wide. A pile of unfolded laundry Saved me a couple of times!!!
All 3 Santa Fe's are back together, painted and weathered. I even took the opportunity to add a anticlimber to the SD40-2, since I had to put in a new walkway/handrail set, so it kinda worked out in my favor (http://www.owensvalleysub.com/Misc/sf5052rebuilt.JPG) The BN is has all the details added back and a new handrail set put in and is ready for painting. As to the crew, well they seen the track out of place and jumped to saftey before the locos went over so they are back to work for the railroad. :tb-biggrin: -Mike
