The Model Rail Safety Board
For those moments where we just don’t know what we are doing at all.
Disasters investigated and documented.
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The Model Rail Safety Board a week agoRapido Descent Into Madness
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Railway engineer
Our members are trusted to be left unsupervised during works overhauls and should be conscious of making sure to check fitment before final assembly.
One depot has been left redfaced after a Rapido was found be “outside tolerances of operational scope”. This left a trail of calamities which resulted in the line’s cat mascot not getting fed on…
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DavoDentetsu posted an update in the group
The Model Rail Safety Board 3 weeks agoClassical Drop
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Railway engineer
Inconclusive results, as nobody knows who, where or when it has happened. But you can imagine my shock as I pick up the box only to hear 4000 bits instead of one big one.
Couple broken tabs, but looks like it could be back on the rails I hope. But genuinely disappointed to be honest.
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The Model Rail Safety Board 3 weeks agoThe Crashed Singer
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Railway engineer
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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The Model Rail Safety Board 3 weeks agoHopper Mad
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Railway engineer
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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The Model Rail Safety Board 3 weeks ago2015 Heat Death
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Railway engineer
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 Model Rail Safety Board 3 weeks agoThe Hankyu GTR Controversy
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Railway engineer
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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