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stonysmith wrote: Can any of you experts help me? My SD40 keeps derailing when it runs over this frog.

Even at 1:220 this guy would be a monster worthy of some of Kelley's movie sets.

Have you considered some fried frog legs in butter?

yup you can remove the frog and send him to me and if the dime comes to0 - that's fine

cheers Garth

tealplanes wrote: Have you considered some fried frog legs in butter?

I wouldn't, iirc small species of frog tend to be poisonous... that's a very large risk for a very small snack there Loren

Frogs have rights too! Just ask PETA. One must dislodge the offending frog gently, and be sure to release it back into it's natural habitat- thus halting the building of massive pipelines that brings energy to the lower 48, and great wealth to our adversaries. That is better than having a lot of not so nice looking naked people picketing your house and demanding you stop work on the railroad.
Loren- I'm surprised at you....Then the Frog wouldn't "have a leg to stand on"!!

Fred wrote:
Frogs have rights too! Just ask PETA.
Loren- I'm surprised at you....Then the Frog wouldn't "have a leg to stand on"!!

Do you realize how little being a frog advocate pays now days? I wouldn't make enough to stay alive and I'd (forgive me for this one) soon croak.

Sounds like you're all a bunch of ribbit counters to me.

I'm not leaping at any of this. Then again, I'm feeling swamped anyway. Beyond that, I'm wondering what the frog's name is: S. Cargo, by any chance? I'm not sure if this type of frog project would be good for our scale: it'll never fly.

(Frog puns at 10 leaps, anyone? )

I believe S. Cargo is the name of this frog's friend, the Snail Controller.

Zcratchman_Joe wrote: I believe S. Cargo is the name of this frog's friend, the Snail Controller.

Joe,
Every time I see your picture I have to ask myself if you had just pinched yourself with a needle nose pliers or stuck yourself with an X Acto blade?

tealplanes wrote: Joe, Every time I see your picture I have to ask myself ...

So Loren, what did you finally answer yourself?

I came to the conclusion that neither answer was correct.

I finally decided that you were reacting to the pain of cutting yourself with your X Acto blade.

Kind of a precursor to "ouch, I wish I hadn't of done that"

Close? :o)

news.yahoo.com/photos/indonesia-tries-to-deter-train-surfers--1326818249-slideshow/workers-install-frame-concrete-balls-suspended-above-railway-photo-092842200.html
Wow.

Kelley, Can't wait to see this in action??? Well maybe not. Nice bit of track work in the final photo. Thanks, Jim

Kelley wrote: news.yahoo.com/photos/indonesia-tries-to-deter-train-surfers--1326818249-slideshow/workers-install-frame-concrete-balls-suspended-above-railway-photo-092842200.html
Wow.

Would it not be easier to install the frame-work, THEN hang the chains and heavy concrete balls? Just wondering.

How soon can someone make a couple of these in Z?

I've been thinkimg about this. These concret balls could be skull crashers-- law suits-- Oh- few Barristers there.. Where is the ACLU and OSHA..... Why not use high pressure water-- Oh that is a way for everyone to get a shower--but the trains would be clean... Then use dirty water- how bout building low clearance tunnels....
or cement glass shards on the coach roofs as they do in India on the top of walls. Or put sticky tar on roof tops, or the other extreme- super slicky stuff so they will fall off. Maybe an electrical charge now and then. Seems to me someone could wrap the chains around the supporting cross beam and give everyone "headroom". Or maybe just go real fast and let the wind clear the coaches.
Mr JA -- We have or had something like this in the states--They were warnings for approaching tunnels-- Not sure what was used, looked like thin metal rods hanging over track- maybe strips of leather hanging down BEFORE tunnel.
Right- erect the frame work first- then drive train underneath and then hook up chain and balls. One would not want the chains too long would one!!

Fred, I doubt the government over there is afraid of lawsuits

As to what they've already tried, the full article lists: paintballing the surfers to identify them later, dogs, barbed wire on the coaches, arresting them (well attempting to and then the cops had to run because they were getting stones thrown at them)...
Going faster is also no option as the article mentions the trackwork is 60 years old, they're using the stuff the Dutch put down back in the colonial days I guess.

Now I'm waiting for a video of the 'Indonesian commute hurdle run' on youtube

Looking at those photos I'd hate to be an Indonesian Z modeller... I mean painting and glueing all those people on the roofs and sides of all your rolling stock? No thank you.

I am thinking, depending on the speed of the train, that it would effect perhaps first couple of rows. If the balls made contact, wouldn't they just swing up and over the bar, the chain wrapping around?

If a train leaves Jakarta at 1325, and travels west at 17.3 miles per hour, and a train leaves Surabaya at 0845 and travels east at 23.7 miles per hour...

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