Garden Railway Accidents

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:03 pm

With all due respect, it's not exactly hard to drive a mamod

! I find on my railway it's the quality of the track & it's laying.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:16 pm

That's why I'm so good at it LOL!!!

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:36 pm

In answer to silly billy's last post, the mamod was on the far side of the line where I couldn't get at it.

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:05 pm

The mamod you ran into at carlise. It wasent matyns YDG was it by any chance.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:53 pm

I'm not to sure. All I know is that it had been fitted with a finner funnel, and had most of the mods you can get for a mamod.

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:40 pm

Aye that was probably martyns.

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:13 pm

Matt wrote:Hi. Since I only own Mamods and a Jane, and my line uses sharp mamod track, derailments are common on my line. One of the most serious crashes involving one of my engines happened on a line in Carlisle, when one of my mamods ran full speed into the front of a stationary Mamod. Mine survived without damage, but the other loco rolled over and lost its funnel and chuff pipe! Sorry to who owned that Mamod.

I believe Matthew, That would have been my YDG! I don't recall there being any lasting damage! It was simply a matter of epoxyin' the chimney back on and slippin the chuff pipe back in place! I hope you've got those mamods a bit more contollable these days!

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:51 pm

If you think those accidents are bad, have a look at some of the pics in this gallery

http://www.dudleys-photos.co.uk/c1312090.html

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:12 pm

*####* long series of beeps. I wouldnt want to have my train plungle into that pond or stream.

steamyjim · Post by **steamyjim** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:42 am

Great railway though

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:20 am

thats it ripping up my garden now

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:00 pm

Ye, horrific but I'd still have the railway even with the risks!

South-Trethevy · Post by **South-Trethevy** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:28 pm

Once when my line was very new (last april) my brother kicked a football at my train and damged some of my coaches!

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:06 am

I bet you werent a happy chappy

South-Trethevy · Post by **South-Trethevy** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:02 pm

Nope...
I was furious!!!

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:39 pm

Hey, at least its not as bad as what I did today!! I demolished completely my battery Lucy loco!!!!!!!!!! It's inrepairable!!

I was cutting a piece of copper tubing in my vice, and the saw got stuck and as I drew back, the table wobbled, and a cutting board on a shelf fell of and tipped backwards onto Lucy!

All thats left is the chassis and footplate.....

South-Trethevy · Post by **South-Trethevy** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:43 pm

AWWWWW!

she was only made of plasticard so u can restore r eventually!

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:21 pm

South-Trethevy wrote: AWWWWW!
she was only made of plasticard so u can restore r eventually!

Erm no, i need to remake all the panels, so its a new design for her.

South-Trethevy · Post by **South-Trethevy** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:21 pm

like i sed earlier lucy 2

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:41 pm

reminds me of a kerr stuart we had on a big big chassis.
My mum was having a row and it went for a a flying lesson accross the room (closly followed by a hoover, the cat and several over peices of crap).

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