Screenshots of an impossible derailment

LAST EDITED ON Mar-06-03 AT 03:17 PM (EDT)

Here are three screenshots of a "little" derailment I deliberately executed west of Shelby. The cause was entering the branchline at 78mph. As the screeshot show, the locomotive stopped so quickly that the rear end was lifted into the air and continued rising until the locomotive was literally standing on it's nose! While standing in this impossible position, the locomotive rotated slowly for a few seconds before crashing onto its side. Jonathan Nikiforovs.
Milepost 180, CP Belleville Sub.

Repainter for Yonder Locomotive Works.

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Screenshots of an impossible derailment [View All], JonN, 03:11 PM, Mar-06-03, (0) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, Jonatan, Mar-06-03, 03:28 PM, (1) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, csxrules, Mar-06-03, 09:07 PM, (2) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, heffed, Mar-06-03, 09:33 PM, (3) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, John 136 6000 GO, Mar-06-03, 10:03 PM, (4) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, heffed, Mar-07-03, 09:17 PM, (13) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, John 136 6000 GO, Mar-07-03, 09:31 PM, (14) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, Ty_train11, Mar-09-03, 01:36 PM, (16) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, Lobster, Mar-07-03, 07:25 AM, (5) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, Stooopid_person, Mar-07-03, 08:13 AM, (6) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, briwdou, Mar-07-03, 12:41 PM, (7) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, mrmgp, Mar-07-03, 12:46 PM, (8) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, BNSF4723, Mar-07-03, 01:53 PM, (9) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, JonN, Mar-07-03, 02:59 PM, (10) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, HippieMan, Mar-07-03, 06:33 PM, (11) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, sd70mac6662, Mar-07-03, 08:17 PM, (12) RE: Screenshots of an impossible derailment, West_Coast_Railroader, Mar-08-03, 01:40 AM, (15)

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That reminds me of Titanic. Great pics!/JonatanSteam rules!

My E-mail jonatan.gronoset@telia.com

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yea how do you manage to flip a locomotive. Thats a new one.

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>yea how do you manage to flip a locomotive. Thats a new one. Nah, You can do it very easily on bumpers.
-Jeff

Union Pacific is my drug.

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>yea how do you manage to flip a locomotive. Thats a new one. I've seen a few locomotives doing cartwheels. I have a suspicion that it's not prototypical behaviour, but it's fun!Mostly it's the diesels which do that, I don't remember seing a steamer cartwheeling.John

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>>yea how do you manage to flip a locomotive. Thats a new one.
>
>I've seen a few locomotives doing cartwheels. I have a
>suspicion that it's not prototypical behaviour, but it's
>fun!
>
>Mostly it's the diesels which do that, I don't remember
>seing a steamer cartwheeling. Steamers are the best! The smoke follows the stack the whole way. -Jeff

Union Pacific is my drug.

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I've had some nice crashes with steamers, also, but not cartwheels. Those I've only seen with diesel though I expect an electric loco could do it.I have one steamer whose tender does some really spectacular "dancing" when it derails - sometimes getting ahead of the loco then bouncing back onto the track to knock the loco over. This even happens when there's a train behind.Generaly speaking, to get a cartwheeling loco seems to need it to be running light. Once there's a train behind, the back end seems to be less inclined to go head over heels.cheersJohn

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Go About 80 m.p.h. and enter a sharp curve or a siding, I got a train to flip ALL the way over! I've also got it to stay on it's nose and stay there!

Ty, future Union Pacific engineer(I'm only 11 )
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Lobser:Man, that is an awsome crash!!!! Try it agin with a long train next time and see what happens! Just as a question, I think the reason TSM doesn't have thoes nice firey crashes it because of thoes terriost attacks. Same with Flight simulator, no more good crashes any more! I wonder if there is some sort of file out on the internet that adds fire and chaos to already cool crashes!

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.Just as a question, I
>think the reason TSM doesn't have thoes nice firey crashes
>it because of thoes terriost attacks. Same with Flight
>simulator, no more good crashes any more! I wonder if there
>is some sort of file out on the internet that adds fire and
>chaos to already cool crashes! Maybe because they want to prevent terrorist from using MSTS to learn how to crash trains! Then, they will think, on real trains, you have to uncouple the front at less than 1 mph...

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These scores for the technical merrit:Belgium: 7.7
England: 7.7
Finland: 7.8
Japan: 7.8
Russia: 3.0
United States: 7.6Best Wishes,
Brian W. Dougherty
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Best Wishes,
Brian W. Dougherty
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I've deliberately done a few derailments just for the hell of it and to watch the metallic carnage. Is there a way to set up MSTS to allow longer viewing of derailments? Or to set up MSTS to allow longer "railfan" views of passing trains?

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Its quite easy to do though there is no right way to do it. I've flipped a GP9, sw1500, and a couple of SD40-2's before, all by accident. It just happens.Looks Like a Pony RUNS LIKE A STALLION

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Has anyone gotten a more specacular flip than this one? if so, I would love to see some pics of it.Jonathan Nikiforovs.
Milepost 180, CP Belleville Sub.

Repainter for Yonder Locomotive Works.

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Peace Everyone,i have done "nose jobs" before on MSTS
once i was taking a dd40x i think they are and didnt see the switch!
wham had a whole lots of fun waching the hoppers support the loco head down When i Think of all the worried that people seem to find. and how there in a hurry to complate there mind. But for chasing after money and dreams that cant come true.
Live for Today - Grass Roots

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I've done that before I even got it to stand on it's head end

formerly known as sd70mac666 until the forum software decided to hate me

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I had the same thing happen to me recently

Theodore Webster
Port Moody,BC
CPR Cascade SubdivisionAmateur Photographer,Railfan,Train-SimmerWhen near the tracks expect the unexpected.

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