By Peter De Keles

Author  Bio Now what do we do? Wait for a crane? Ignore it? Walk away? Anybody have some wood?

Title:	SD40-2 Re-Railing
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Length	9:16	Release Date	01/15/2010
Overview	Amazing how a little bit of timber and some finesse behind the throttle can put a big engine back on the track. I think it would be harder to replicate this trick in G scale than real life. I'm not sure I would be able to get back up after lying on the ground to put my scale 4x4 and shims under my F3. The person filming this is a retired railman. He does a good job of letting us know just what these guys are up too. Let me know if you decide to try this trick on your layout. I would love to have video of it.

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re-railing

Wow, interesting piece of railroading I wasn't familiar with. Thanks. Made me nervous watching that guy reaching under and around the wheels!

Phill Lowe - 02/03/2010 - 04:54

Derail

I was on a train crew in Austin TX in 1991 when we had to re-rail some cars the same way with oak wedge blocks. They blamed me because earlier in the day I asked how often they had derailments on this poor track; they said they never say "derail" as it was bad luck.

Rick Henderson - 02/03/2010 - 07:09

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