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A video of the beautiful (now closed) EnterTRAINment Junction layout
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The Crashed Singer
In 2023, the MRSB had to attend to an accident involving a Karaoke car on a local train. There were no immediate casualties, however one of the passengers had to be euthanised as her rendition of Take My Breath Away was absolutely bloody awful.
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Hopper Mad
The MSRB would like to impart that all safety advice in regards to knuckle couplers should be heeded. It should be noted by operators that poor trackwork and unlevel couplers can expose problems in any weak setup, often with messy consequences.
Here we look at the scene of the Georgetown crash of 2014 during the middle of the inquiry…
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2015 Heat Death
The MRSB thoroughly recommends investigating your layout electrical output before use. This DMU trip caused passengers to go temporarily blind as the internal lighting imitated the Sun. The issue was discovered as a sleeper train shorted out and melted at the bogie frames. The electrician responsible was sentenced to the electric chair,…
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The Hankyu GTR Controversy
In 2013, the MRSB found the driver of this Hankyu set to be in breach of common safety practice. He subsequently was banned from driving for 10 minutes and was not allowed to have biscuits with his cup of tea.
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Close up of weathered hopper
Not great lighting, but I think this was the best of the bunch I weathered. Stock photo for comparison.
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Weathering Open Hoppers
Here’s my first go at weathering a set of open hoppers. I think they turned out okay…but I definitely have a long way to go toward making it look more realistic.
I did a base coat of translucent white to give the black finish a faded look. I used a variety of different methods next, but mostly stuck to streaking the sides with acrylic and…
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Can’t wait for the Bygones event at the Ffestiniog this weekend, so in the meantime I’ve got Merddin Emrys running the victorian set. Hoping to see something like this running IRL on Saturday/Sunday
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Load platforms for Walthers Trainline Offset 4 Bay Hopper
I designed and printed a set of these platforms for adding loads to the Walthers Trainline Offset 4 Bay Hopper cars. Download it here if it would be useful to you! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7158252
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