PhilM Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 check out this great shot on the Maumee & Western. Trouble is a model wouldnt run on track this bad! http://www.flickr.com/photos/31625123@N08/5538032767/in/pool-363207@N23/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Dished rail joints always show on when using a telephoto lens, and 300 - 400mm focal length lenses are used routinely in yanky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Regardless of the telephoto lens, I can't imagine that the line speed requires that degree of superelevation! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 That's probably subsidence not super elevation.............................. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Do not be alarmed, this is a relatively minor lean for the Maumee and Western... :lol: :lol: Love this sort of stuff. As for 'models not running through this sort of track'... have you tried..? This is hand-spiked track on my O scale Shunty-plank, and though not as rough as in the OP, it ain't smooth, either - or even fully in gauge. My US locos take it in their stride - it's the UK models that can't handle it, for some reason.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 That does look like designed-in superelevation. It is no worse than the superelevation through my local commuter station (Newmarket, Ontario). One of the jokes about Newmarket station is that the trains were self-unloading (open the doors and the passengers all slide out). The original line speed may have been such that it was built superelevated, possibly it was done to change the dynamics on a long train (to reduce the chance of the tail load pulling cars off the track). Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGomez Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Impressive bit of track and an even more impressive name of the photographer. Brent Kneebush!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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