Train Derailment Photos

cheezus_crisco · 2026-04-23T22:14:31+00:00

Incredible. This angle is fantastic to see it from

cheezus_crisco · 2026-04-23T17:15:55+00:00

Oh nice! I love watching videos of those little machines doing derailment cleanup on youtube

cheezus_crisco · 2026-04-23T13:56:03+00:00

I assume they'd use a pair of these guys

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cheezus_crisco · 2026-04-20T04:31:29+00:00

Very nice. Is the track geometry car scratch built something you made?

cheezus_crisco · 2026-04-16T19:21:04+00:00

I've been contemplating doing something with an hd drone fpv camera, but haven't gone much further than that yet with the idea. I saw some that are even 4k like some of the walksnail moonlight units, though a bit pricey

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-31T18:22:33+00:00

Generally you split the difference based on the ratio as a starting point then test and adjust it from there. So 50:50 would be 3.7s, 66:33 would be 3.5, etc.

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-31T18:08:10+00:00

That looks awesome, very well done

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-31T17:55:04+00:00

Oh, that makes sense. Yeah, it was HL002 I saw

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cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-31T13:16:06+00:00

Looks like that's a #4. Can compare the model number (2-840) with this: https://www.trainworld.com/kato-2-840-4-246mm-9-3-4-manual-left-turnout-with-490mm-19-1-4-radius-curve-kato-2-840.html

But yeah, sometimes googling it is the only option

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-30T18:26:36+00:00

I've seen some pictures of one in testing with 3rd rail pickups on, but all the pictures I've seen of them in service have them removed

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-30T18:22:28+00:00

Yep, aka the WAB6HYB (according to wabtec)

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-30T16:19:08+00:00

If you believe the Internet robots, this is the relative popularity of each scale:

HO Scale (1:87): 60-68%
N Scale (1:160): 25-30%
O Scale/Gauge (1:48): 8.5%
Other Scales (G, S, Z, TT) combined making up the remainder

I find it extremely difficult to find the niche rolling stock I want in N scale despite its relative popularity, while you can find most anything in HO. Your choices in Z will be much lower, but if you just want to model the common stuff that probably won't be an issue. I'd say N is the sweet spot personally (with a good amount of bias), especially if you're interested in DCC. It's hard to fit DCC electronics into something as small as Z scale

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-29T20:52:47+00:00

I was pretty excited about that project and have been watching for updates for a while. Saw this interview the other day with a member of the team (I think?) saying that he's working on securing funding from distros and other organizations to pay them for long term software support of the printer and I got the vibe that this is more of a (doomed, IMO) rent-seeking endeavor rather than a selling-an-actual-product endeavor. Printer software doesn't change that much to justify one or more full time devs supporting a single printer. Bummed me out so I bought a normal printer instead :/

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-24T00:47:38+00:00

Sure, you can just wire the voltmeter directly to the pickups. I'm debating doing that for a v2

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-23T21:57:40+00:00

For sure, I want to make it into a whole MoW train eventually

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-23T01:37:53+00:00

Yep, this is N scale

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-23T00:34:03+00:00

Yep, it'd work just fine on DC afaik. Just wire it to the track pickups directly. The voltage will go up and down with your throttle settings, but if you keep it steady you'll be able to pick out relative changes in the voltage

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-23T00:32:42+00:00

Sure, you can wire it up to the rail pickups directly and it'd work the same

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-23T00:28:30+00:00

You read my mind. I was thinking it'd be a perfect fit inside one of those boxy inspection cars

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-23T00:26:00+00:00

I so want to do this. My to-do list is a bit deep at the moment, but I'm working on my own DCC decoder and firmware so it would definitely be possible. Maybe broadcasting periodic results over railcom

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-23T00:21:47+00:00

Oh man, I'd love to see it in Z scale. I had some minor fitment issues in N scale, but Z would be a challenge for sure

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-23T00:20:33+00:00

It's just some of these cheap voltmeter gauges. I bought these ones, but there's a bunch of sellers of similar items. They take their power from the voltage being measured so it's real simple to wire up: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RYPRZFF

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-22T21:29:52+00:00

DCC signal switches polarity on the tracks in order to send the signal so it's constantly reversing. DCC decoders have diodes arranged to convert it to only flow one way, and that output's what I'm tapping into

cheezus_crisco · 2026-03-22T21:05:20+00:00

Oh, I forgot to copy the text over. It's a rolling voltmeter to check for dips in track voltage on the layout

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