Ouch!
Was Columbine running light engine or did it have some wagons as well?
I see that Fred is still smiling so he must like crashing things. Not a good example for a new generation of steam enthusiasts.
Garden Railway Accidents
Ouch!
The shot of Columbine reminds me of a pic from the ratty in the early 15inch days. The pic was of the NGR pacific 'colossus' after it lost control going down a hill. it was lying in crumpled bits by the track.
Another pic showed it when it returned to traffic. It had no tender frame (the tender tank sat on a carrage frame), no splashers, no running board, and only 2 of the 3 driving axles were coupled, making it a 4-4-2-2!
The shot of Columbine reminds me of a pic from the ratty in the early 15inch days. The pic was of the NGR pacific 'colossus' after it lost control going down a hill. it was lying in crumpled bits by the track.
Another pic showed it when it returned to traffic. It had no tender frame (the tender tank sat on a carrage frame), no splashers, no running board, and only 2 of the 3 driving axles were coupled, making it a 4-4-2-2!
Garden Railways-best hobby in the world.
Not pretty, hope the damage wasn't too severe
The saga with what happened to ratty scale models after crashes happened a couple of times, both to Collosus and Sans Pariels, with coach frames for tenders!!
The saga with what happened to ratty scale models after crashes happened a couple of times, both to Collosus and Sans Pariels, with coach frames for tenders!!
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
And for the "Thomas" fans...I suspect that picture may have inspired the illustrations for the story "Useful Railway" in Small Railway Engines (book 22).Matt wrote:The shot of Columbine reminds me of a pic from the ratty in the early 15inch days. The pic was of the NGR pacific 'colossus' after it lost control going down a hill. it was lying in crumpled bits by the track.
I think the whole incident was inspired by an acident in about 1926 when River Esk really did run into bale of wool on the line, although I don't think the consequences were as badMatt wrote:Maybe, although the crash in real life happened near Murthwait, whilst the crash in the book happened at what is in real life Eskdale Green station.
Anyway I can see this topic going off topic into a topic about accidents on the Ravenglass and Eskdale railway rather than peoples garden railways.......
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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Chris Cairns
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Brought this topic back from the dead again because as SLRmidge mentions in his topic about the steamup at the Little Morecambe steam railway, there were a few more mishaps then normal and I caught a couple on camera 
An SLR carriage on hire to the LMS has rolled over after acceleration down the hill and the tight curve caused buffer locking
Then just a few minutes later...
Silver Lady "Francis" fell off the rails due to a section of track in need of attention.
The RAIB were to be called in, but sadly the inspector was killed on his way to north lancashire by a runaway vehical that looked suspiciously like the LMSR company van...
An SLR carriage on hire to the LMS has rolled over after acceleration down the hill and the tight curve caused buffer locking
Then just a few minutes later...
Silver Lady "Francis" fell off the rails due to a section of track in need of attention.
The RAIB were to be called in, but sadly the inspector was killed on his way to north lancashire by a runaway vehical that looked suspiciously like the LMSR company van...
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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SillyBilly
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As my camera was one of them (no longer works), I only managed to capture this one, but what a beaut of a derailment and fortunately no damage was done...... 
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