I don't think that insurance covers this . . .
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cyberdongreen
AKA: cyberdonblue
Ouch! Dave
nathanmallard
Well-known member
This happens alarmingly often...a Class 70 locomotive was dropped on delivery at (I think) Liverpool docks, and had to be shipped straight back to the States for repair.
Hi Nathan:
Would it be possible to get a better photo of the multi-bogey car in the background to the left? The one with the big silver thing on it. I'd like to take a stab at making it (unless someone already has that is). I don't like duplicating other folks efforts. Isn't fair to them.
Thanks,
Ben
Would it be possible to get a better photo of the multi-bogey car in the background to the left? The one with the big silver thing on it. I'd like to take a stab at making it (unless someone already has that is). I don't like duplicating other folks efforts. Isn't fair to them.
Thanks,
Ben
It wasn't repaired, it was stripped of usable parts and the rest scrapped. Because it hadn't been through UK customs when it was dropped it was written off as "lost at sea" and the insurers paid out!
Hi everybody.
Clam1952, it is the weight of the vehicle that causes the chassis to bend or twist on impact. Any heavy vehicle is susceptible to this happening in an accident. Not long ago I dealt with a case were a driver fell asleep and went off the side of the motorway at 55mph. The 44 ton vehicle careered down an embankment, through a hedge and on through a field.
The driver walked away without a scratch and both the vehicle and trailor looked almost perfect to the eye as it had stayed upright throughout its considerable off road journey. However when inspected by the recovery engineers both unit and trailor was declared a write off as the chassis on both were badly twisted. The unit and trailor had only been on the road for three days from being brand new.
The small privately owned haulage company had lost the pride of their small fleet, and the driver lost his employment in no uncertain terms, which I witnessed being party to the disaplinery on the employers side. I have attended many company disaplineries in my time, but I had never seen anyone in such a temper as the owner of that company on that day (LOL)
Bill
Clam1952, it is the weight of the vehicle that causes the chassis to bend or twist on impact. Any heavy vehicle is susceptible to this happening in an accident. Not long ago I dealt with a case were a driver fell asleep and went off the side of the motorway at 55mph. The 44 ton vehicle careered down an embankment, through a hedge and on through a field.
The driver walked away without a scratch and both the vehicle and trailor looked almost perfect to the eye as it had stayed upright throughout its considerable off road journey. However when inspected by the recovery engineers both unit and trailor was declared a write off as the chassis on both were badly twisted. The unit and trailor had only been on the road for three days from being brand new.
The small privately owned haulage company had lost the pride of their small fleet, and the driver lost his employment in no uncertain terms, which I witnessed being party to the disaplinery on the employers side. I have attended many company disaplineries in my time, but I had never seen anyone in such a temper as the owner of that company on that day (LOL)
Bill
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I think you mean disciplinary: if you're involved in that business you should at least learn how to spell the terminology correctly. Hope you understand the foregoing!
Hi robd and everybody.
robd, with every respect to your above posting, if you want to be "nit-picking" by all means carry on, whatever floats your boat I suppose. I was just trying to bring some humour to the thread while sat in the garden on a lovely evening out of range of the WiFi and therefore voice ditation at that time. I was (am) imputing manualy which I am not familier with carrying out these days. Times have moved on from keyboards.
I also find that this website does not always check spelling when you input from an Android devise for some reason. I am still in the garden with a nice glass of wine so please excuse any spelling mistakes in this posting.
Sent via EE G4 network on rather old Levono A2 Tablet which belongs to the wife at her data expense (LOL)
Bill
robd, with every respect to your above posting, if you want to be "nit-picking" by all means carry on, whatever floats your boat I suppose. I was just trying to bring some humour to the thread while sat in the garden on a lovely evening out of range of the WiFi and therefore voice ditation at that time. I was (am) imputing manualy which I am not familier with carrying out these days. Times have moved on from keyboards.
I also find that this website does not always check spelling when you input from an Android devise for some reason. I am still in the garden with a nice glass of wine so please excuse any spelling mistakes in this posting.
Sent via EE G4 network on rather old Levono A2 Tablet which belongs to the wife at her data expense (LOL)
Bill
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cascaderailroad
New member
Maybe his Speel' Chucker' iz' busted ... and there are no red squiggly lines under his typos :hehe:
jeffmorris
Active member
What if the engine is damaged when the locomotive is dropped accidentally?
Kiantrain4014
New member
Imagine if it was a steam locomotive...
As was mentioned above any thing usable will be stripped.The engine itself I dont think would be usable. I would imagine the crank main cap bearings would be damaged. If not the crank itself. Same goes for turbo's.
I am not sure if computers would be salvageable either. The mainboards could cracked.
The other problem I see is that any items like computers and engine parts may not be damaged now, But if put into service with another loco the could break later on.
Just my 2 cents.
Kenny
I am not sure if computers would be salvageable either. The mainboards could cracked.
The other problem I see is that any items like computers and engine parts may not be damaged now, But if put into service with another loco the could break later on.
Just my 2 cents.
Kenny
I was thinking the same. Those latent failures can cause so many future problems it's sometimes not worth salvaging any of the components other than for scrap.
jjanmarine3
Active member
a minutes silence for the crane/s too....whiplash causes the boom to bend .