I Dropped the Big Boy Steam Engine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- It's true! I dropped my Lionel Vision Line Big Boy 4014 steam locomotive on the floor. But fear not! In this video, we are going to fix it and make it all better.
Enjoy!
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@2:30 SHOTS FIRED!!!🤣
This is your chance to branch out beyond Norfolk Southern my train brother! The world is waiting 🤣
In @JD’s defense, he does have BNSF represented and is moving into the Conrail world.
I got your back Jason
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Stuckard, you gonna have to model NS derailments as that seems to be much of their ops activity of late.
A Modeler’s Worst Nightmare
Indeed!
Honestly any expensive hobby in my opinion but model trains are in the top 3 worst ones to drop, also in my opinion
Oh man, it almost always happens eventually to us all and I always fear the day that I do. I had a couple bad drops before but thankfully they were far and few between over the past 10 years and only 1 resulted in serious damage. The rest was just some slight scuffing I can't even notice until I remember.
Every Photographers worst nightmare
@@RBPTrainsThe forbidden drop
Great video Chris! Glad I was able to help you get the Big Boy back to smokin' like a champ.
Thank you for your expertise, as always! This engine has better smoke effects than when it was brand new!
Hey Sid. If you have any guidance for me and can assist, I have a Lionel Big Boy 4019 brand new out of the box and the blowdown steam isn’t working. All other smoke options work, but not the blow down. Any advice?
When u drop a delicate engine, u know something isn't gonna be right.
That was my fear when it first hit the floor. Still can't believe how minimal the damage was. Thanks for watching!
@@RBPTrains np man, just glad it was minimal
I’m glad there was only minimal damage and you were able to repair it Chris. That could’ve been a lot worse.
It really could have been worse! I was grateful. Thanks for watching Corey!
@@RBPTrainsI agree. It's a good thing that you were able to fix the big boy steam locomotive. What a relief.
It's a good thing that you fixed this beast of an engine.. When I saw the title of the video, I was like "Uh Oh... What Did He Do? Who let him cook?" but luckily it was just an accident, and the engine only took MINOR damage.
I was very lucky that it did not have any other damage. Couldn't believe it!
I know the feeling of clumsiness, and it's evil twin, forgetfulness (only diff is one's physical and the other is mental). It fills me with feelings of deep shame, because it's been a lifelong demon that causes me to drop things, then maims me with shame ("You utterly worthless animal", etc.). And there's no end to it. But then you redeemed it by making this video. I redeem my clumsiness as much as I can by removing "hazards to navigation" (i.e. kicking pinecones off the sidewalk). Only God knows how many people never tripped as a result. Kudos to you Chris! Keep on trainin'! Idea, perhaps make that trestle able to be hand lifted out of the way so you don't have to walk under it any more.@@RBPTrains
I started O-scale back in 2007 and this happened about 15 years ago. I had a dash 8(only about a 3rd the price of a Big Boy) go off the edge of the layout and break in to several pieces(I was not in a frame of mind then to count the pieces) I remember feeling about 15 emotions at once. I assure you none of them were embarassment. After what seemed like an eternity, I might have uttered a couple cuss words. That was a long time ago and I have never made that mistake again. It happens to the best of us. I am glad everything is OK, Chris. Thanks for being brave enough to share this video
I'm so sorry about your engine. I was a little kid when I fell down after tripping over a snow bank. I was holding my battery powered engine in my left hand and when I fell I heard a horrible SNAP! from the engine. I looked at my engine and noticed that the cow catcher snapped right off of my engine and I cried hard holding it and the broken cow catcher. I was extremely upset about the loss of my engine. Cory Mears
I was working on my Lionel American Flyer Challenger, trying to resolve a control issue. All at once, it decided to rocket off my layout at full speed. Before I could stop it, it launched about EIGHT feet away from my layout, on to hard floors. Amazingly, nothing was broken. The tender separated from the engine when it landed. Two sets of wheels came loose from the tender. That is the only harm my flying Flyer experienced. I consider myself darn lucky!
Lolololol
Hi Chris, sorry for your traumatic experience. We have ALL been there. But glad you were not only able to recuperate yourself, but your "Boy." Thank you for all you do with the videos, and the hobby.
Thanks for watching!
Several years ago I was running a brand new Sunset 3rd Rail C&O Greenbrier on a friends layout. As it approached the end of a straightaway the screw holding the eccentric and piston rods on the engineers side backed out. The piston rod swung around, dug in and flipped the engine over on its side. Had that screw dropped out a few feet further the engine would have taken a 4 foot drop to the concrete floor. Needless to say all the parts were reassembled and every fastener on the running gear was checked for tightness. Good you were able to fix the pilot and valve gear on the Big Boy and get it running again. Good to see you posting again.
Glad you were able to fix yours as well! And it is nice to be back. Thanks for watching!
The big boy may forgive you, but your wallet won't....
Haha
Lol
I have a Williams NW-2 switcher for 20 years and counting and it has survived a 3ft drop off my layout going 100 scale mph! It’s still works with no problems. Got lucky!
Those are tanks!
Oh, Chris... 😮 Wow such a bummer...
Just be thankful you don't have a cement floor lol
I know right? Could have been way worse!
@@RBPTrainsI have nightmares about what if I accidentally drop my ho scale 4501 or any of my favorite steam engines
Even though I do HO and not O, I've had similar experience with locomotives and rolling stock taking a ride to the floor, its just one of those things, unfortunately! What I was shocked by, was how little damage was done and how relatively simple it was to replace the broken parts on that locomotive! I know Lionel gets dunked on for having incredibly expensive trains, but credit to them for building an absolute tank of a locomotive despite the level of detail, and making it easy to replace the broken parts.
My biggest model train mistake……..well, just yesterday I dropped one of my 50s American flyer passenger cars, the red mail type with the black arm. It was dropped from around 4 feet off a shelf onto HARDWOOD FLOOR!!! Massive crack down the side of the car and chips out of other spots by the bottom of the shell, the screws holding the shell on were also ripped out of the frame.
Oh no!
Sorry to hear that, glad it didn’t have much damage.
I am happy to see that the damage was so minor. My previous layout was also in a with a carpeted floor and I am sure that my American Flyer K5 model mostly survived to pilot first dives off that layout. The only damage was where a bar at the back of the cab, to which the tender draw bar attaches, became disconnected from its' anchor points. Before I got the locomotive, a previous owner had had to reattach that bar. Some JB Weld made the reconnection - twice.
Dang Chris, my heart stopped when I saw the video title. I’m sure yours stopped when you dropped your Big Boy. Thankfully minor damage and turned out to be easily repairable. Also really nice to have Sid on call and nearby for the electronics and smoke unit repairs. Another great video as always!
Hoping this was a one time thing for me but I am all over the place so who knows, lol. Thanks for watching!
@@RBPTrainsMy heart almost stopped when I saw the title too. I am so glad you fixed the engine. It's one of the best engines I've ever seen. Cory Mears
🤣🤣This catastrophe has happened to us all. We're glad you could get the replacement parts and can fix it. Shall we add you & Syd to our list of "train repairmen"? You both are a natural. 🚂🚂🚂
Sid is definitely the natural, haha. I just got lucky enough to figure it out!
What happened? I hope the Big Boy still runs. I love that articulated steam engine.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
did you even watch the full video
Give the video a watch and you will see that everything works out :)
Okay. Thank you.
As soon as he dropped it I heard a cash register dinging 😂
Honestly man, I've been watching your videos for about a year now, but the second I saw that JCM 800/900 half stack I knew you deserved my sub! Man's got great trains and arguably even greater amplification!
Glad you got the big boy fixed.
Thank goodness for the carpet. My worst mistake, or was it just bad luck, was when I set up an 054 loop around the Christmas tree so I could show my niece and nephew my premier 4501 model. I played the PSA announcements and my dachshund decided to play godzilla and lunged herself at the locomotive, derailing it. Had it been running there would have been damage, not to mention a visit to the vet. So, I only run my postwar Lionel models now that and both dogs don't mind the air whistle
My cat knocked off the shelf (she was jumping on top of it and slipped and grabbed the engine with her front paws) my Lionel, Canadian Pacific SD-90 (scale). Thankfully, the locomotive landed on its front couple 2.5 feet to a desktop and then fell on its side. Much to my surprise, no damage inside and out and a test run showed it still operating normally. Thanks for sharing your "Big Boy" accident and repair!
Good to see you back RBP.
I'm pretty sure everyone here is guilty of dropping a model train at one point or another. I know I am.
Good to be back! Thanks for watching
I also dropped my BigBoy! I placed it upside down on my lap to do some lubricating when it fell between my legs onto a tiled kitchen floor. I just called Lionel and shipped it there to be fixed. Btw, when talking to Lionel the young lady there asked me what happened, so I was honest and told her. She gave me $20 off for my honesty!!
Chris, glad to see you back! We missed you! Glad your Big Boy is repaired!
Chris- My heart sunk when this video popped up in my feed. YIKES! Glad the damage was minor and that you were able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again........
I've been there too- caught a 0-6-0 tank with a shirt sleeve once, it took a 4' flight to the floor and luckily landed flush on it's side. One side rod was slightly bent and the engineer needed a trip to the ER, but he recovered and is back on duty.
Glad you were able to repair it. Thanks for posting this.
I'm glad that you've got it repaired thumbs up to Sids trains for repairing the blow down smoke effect extraordinary job you guys 👍🏻💫💫💫💫💫
Mini me has left the building, untill you apologize to him, and the hobo union for dropping his homey, the big boy 4014.....❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
Witness the real refurbed 4014 in Missouri. It was awesome.
You are a lucky guy!! Carpet helped. Going to put it all around my floor after seeing this. You are also lucky for Sid. He sure is an electronic whiz.
Sid has so much experience fixing these. Just fun to watch his repair process!
Hey Chris. Good to see that you were still able to get 4014 back up and running again. Sid really is the Magic Mechanic for the job. By the way, you’re not alone when it comes to broken linkage rods. I fell into the same category once with my Lionel 777 commander Vanderbilt
Wow that’s a scary thing to drop the BigBoy. I was thinking and the biggest thing that’s happened is I’ve run into some cars from a coupler coming open and the emergency stop button didn’t get it stopped in time. Glad to see you fixing your train. And that’s awesome Sid came over to help you out, that would be awesome to have him nearby!!
Yes it really is. That was very nice of Sid to help Chris with fixing the engine. Cory Mears
Big boy looked sick going through the bridge
wha? 🤯😮.......man down man down! 🤣
Good to see you back and having kids will do that to us!
Wow, a modeler’s nightmare.
I’m glad it was a relatively simple fix.
I have not dropped an engine yet, but I have wrecked a few accidentally. And I blew my fuse on my old DCS Explorer once. And, since I was still a novice in the DCS world at the time, I thought I fried my engines also. Ugh, Not fun.
Maybe Lionel needs to talk with Mattel so the Thomas Motorised trains can go back to being push along like your BIG BOY
Big Boy: gets repaired.
The front left-hand crank: HEY! I’M FACING THE WRONG WAY!
I do not know what I would do without you all! I just read this comment, ran downstairs, and adjusted the side rods to align. I would have never caught that without these comments, lol! Thank you for watching so closely!
😂
Here’s this: NONE of the original Big Boy’s tenders are connected with their original locomotive >:/
*A N G E R Y*
True confessions.Feel like I'm at a AAA meeting.I had my father's favorite 1948 GG1 fly off our 4' high layout onto our cement cellar floor.I was 12 at the time.79 now. I immediately had visions of fire and damnation! Long story, short, it landed on it's side.Not a scratch.Mr.Cowen .must have caught it on the way down. Worked fine until 3 years ago needs a lube job. One of the best family investments.I now have carpeting around the layout.
We use to have our train set on the landing on a set of boards temporarily, a few years back. We also had a broken transformer that was set to full speed either forward, backward or static in neutral. And I recently got a flying Scotsman for my birthday. I told my brother he isn’t allowed to use my train in the case he put it on the track with said transformer. About 6 maybe 7 weeks old and my younger brother put it on the track early in the morning (when we weren’t allowed too) and all of a sudden a huge crash and my brother crying. My Scotsman went down the stairs. Thankfully it survived. Nothing was broken. But a little scuff on the side that I cannot get rid of. I haven’t tried nor do I wish too.
CHRIS I FORGIVE YOU FOR DRPOPPING YOUR BIG BOY ;-)
And I felt bad when I dropped an mpc flatcar the other day. I'm glad everything got repaired
Me too! Although I would be just as upset if I dropped one of my MPC engines too :)
10:57 beautiful chuffing and nice speed
I am very sorry that you dropped your engine. I'm glad you were able to fix it. One time I had left my Bachmann n scale DCC sound 4-6-4 j3a Hudson on my desk. I had a friend over to run some trains on my layout that day. My friend who was not paying attention, bumped into the locomotive sitting on the desk and it feel to the floor. The engines valve gear was damaged beyond repair and had to be replaced. Some of the delicately fitted separate details were totaled and had to be replaced as well, and the paint along the handrails was completely scratch up 😟. Fortunately, I was able to fix most of the damage on the engine (because the Bachmann parts website is amazing) and it is back up and running on my train layout. It is safe to say that I am never leaving trains on my desk when that friend is at my place!
This is extremely helpful! I'll have to keep your video in mind when I purchase a Vision Line engine. Thank you! 🙂
The customer after accidentally break the product: I spent all my money on this beauty, now I have to buy a new one.
This stuff happens. I fell through the table the other month because I forgot the one layer was foam and not wood… still haven’t gotten around to fixing it but still..part of the hobby
Whoa! Hope you are okay! I bet that was no fun
@@RBPTrains yeah all good, it was just my leg that went all the way through.
First video I've watched of yours. At 10 minutes in, I noticed the LEGO modular buildings. I actually had the same idea to do this. It looks nice and brings the two worlds together! And thumbs up to the Cedar Point sign. My favorite Rollercoaster park. 😊
Welcome and thanks for watching! Always enjoy trips to Cedar Point!
My BLI Big Boy derailed and tumbled to the floor days after I got it. I was immediately sick to my stomach! Luckily we were able to get spare parts and repair everything!
Great to hear! I am grateful we can get parts for these
Close call, glad you got it back in service.
Hey Chris can you try to get the Lionel legacy nickel plate road 587?
In fact, over the weekend, I was testing the current of my track and my Pennsylvania Post War engine flew off the bend of a turn and hit the garage floor. Suprisingly the train is fully functional. Lionel doesn't make locomotives like this anymore.
The worst thing I ever done was when I was little, I had two x crossings, I used to get my steam, and my devil engine, and see who would derail on those crossings. Not the greatest thing I ever done though. I also used to over flow my steam engine with smoke pellets to the point where the smoke came out of any car is it could. And when it did, I ran it at a high speed like a runaway. Good times, good mistakes.
I'd love to hear that Big Boy air horn piped through that Marshall amp behind you!
Me too!
Ugh huh, sounds to me like someone was needing an excuse to buy a new one. All kidding aside, sorry you had to experience such a tramatic event. On the other hand, your reenactment is worthy of an academy award. I actually could feel your pain and got a little choked up and shed a tear. Your hand roll technique is flawless and I'm amazed how you can pull it off to perfection each time. Although I had a similar situation, it was nowhere near the level of potential loss. I had just bought a complete Marx 1095 ABA SantaFe El Capitan E-7 passenger set with diesel roar feature, in perfect condition no less, with all the original parts still intact and freshly serviced and I had it on the track powered by my recent acquisition of a KW transformer. You know the ones with the whacky throttles. Well you guessed it. I promptly launched it off my table into a head on collision with a wall onto the floor below and cracked the cab down the middle. Oddly enough all the original steps and horns were still intact and the diesel roar feature was actually more convincing. Sadly everyone on board parished and yet the trip started out with such high hopes and expectations knowing what a great deal I had just gotten. Wow! What a dumb bass. I beat myself up for month after that one. I still hate myself just a little each time thinking about it. Hope all is well.
Happy rails
The KW is an interesting transformer, with the control set-up. The TW is also goofy, with the controls operating in reverse, compared to the other Lionel transformers. I've accidentally sped-up quite a few trains, derailing them on a curve. I replaced it with one of my ZW's. It and my KW will now be relegated switching duty in my yard and industrial areas. Live and learn.
@@johnandrus3901Hey John. Thanks, the TW isn't one I'm familiar with. Actually the KW's throttles both rotate the same direction for fast and slow. It's just not a good idea to operate them simultaneously ambidextrously. I have a ZW, KW, 2 CW-80-S and a 1033 all phased together. The 1033 is another problem child that doesn't play well with others when phased using both the variable and fixed voltage settings requiring it to be wired out of phase to be in phase with the others. A real head scratcher. It wasn't an issue until I used the fixed voltage settings to power my switches independent of track power from the 1033.
@@DRCRailroard The TW has the throttle on the right, like the 1033, but it is reversed, so it operates backwards from other, smaller, transformers. It is a 175 watt transformer and a very good unit.
Glad that the big boy wasn't hurt worse,
I had a great te at the Allentown show last Saturday
My biggest train mistake was on a Christmas. I was given the lionel ho scale polar (it was the best gift ever) but i was running my thomas and friends bachmann on the track, and i was also drink some dr.pepper and i spilled a little on the track, but the train still works to this day 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Lmao rest in pieces to that big boi
Chris I just did the same thing with my Lionel Veranda over the holiday season luckily that thing is a tank. Don't sweat it.
glad it all worked out
Me telling my mom that I accidentally dropped one of my expensive engines:
My mom: YOU WHAT?!?!
Chris I recommend making the light yellow, so it looks old I didn’t know I did it with mine and it looks really good
Dang! I’m glad you got it fixed! Good job
Part of the hobby at times. I received an es44ac last year with both MU lines snapped off. Lionel sent me the replacement pilots but i had to remove the body and replace them.
Rbp I'm happy you fix your big boy the big boy is my favorite Locomotive all time are you get a Mail house turn table
You had some serious luck. No (exposed) marker lights were hit, all parts available. And of course the expert friend helping out.
I am relieved to see this happening to others too. Some locomotives were seriously damaged.
I would honestly cry if I dropped such an expensive engine. I would probably try to fix it, but I would make it worse 😅
The more I tinker with these, the more confident I get. I bet you would be able to fix it :)
At least the galloping sausage is still kicking. As for my biggest flop in o gauge, playing with a postwar nw2 like it’s a Thomas toy and letting it fall from the second bed bunk to the floor (I only found a matching shell last year) for those who know their postwar locomotives, it was the Seaboard 601, and the closest matching shell I could find was the 602 (which I decided to change the last digit to keep it accurate to the original one that completely died when it hit the bedroom floor)
Nice JCM-800!
I'm finding out about the amount of train guys that are also musicians like me, and it's awesome. And confusing. Like, why... 😂
Once I just got a GG1 30 minutes ago at the time ran 1 loop and I took apart a piece of track a the GG1 fell on to the floor
Glad to see you were able to repair the Big Boy. I will have to say my incident is probably cant be repaired though😭
Worst train incident: My grandfather gifted me with his grey 763e with coal piled tender a couple years back before he passed. At the time I had no idea what I had and well I didn't pack then tender(that I now know is the rare grey coal piled version) very well to where I packed it with just a paper towel separating it and the metal tracks. The tracks shifted during transport and made chips on both sides of the tender making it look like someone stabbed the thing or shot it with bbs. The locomotive received some damage as well but not as severe. Looking back I wish I packed it with more care because it is now biting me in the butt. I just have to live with an engine that could be worth an extra 1000 dollars but was ruined by ignorance but it will always have sentimental value to me. Luckily the engine runs but the old wires connecting the rollers in the tender are beginning to disintegrate. If anyone would care to help me make a decision either to try and find extra parts to fix on the locomotive(cowcatcher, some springs) or if its worth it to try and get the tender restored that would be great. The lesson learned from this is to Be Very Careful with your trains because you may never know what value it may have.
It hurts just reading this one! The Pre War Hudsons are always special. Regardless of the damage the sentimental value of that 763e is priceless. Still a special train for your collection and gives you a story to tell!
@@RBPTrains Yeah but it just breaks my heart when I have pictures of it undamaged in what I would say excellent condition and then looking at it now with the damage. Just hurts. Have any advice on whether or not a restoration would be a good idea or should I leave it be?
Glad to see you back! Your videos are so awesome! Looks like everything got repaired nicely. I don’t have any real nice engines but I would be crushed if I damaged one…I feel your pain.
I sometimes drop things too. You’re not the only one.
Glad to hear I am in good company!
I was weathering one of my engines. After airbrushing, I hit the locomotive with a clear coat, but the button of the can was stuck on the down position, causing uncontrolled clear coat spraying everywhere. The paint on the engine started running off, and the decals on the engine started to wrinkle due to excess clear coat. I wasn't too happy with this happening on an Athearn Genesis locomotive...
Glad you’re back!
Thanks! Glad to be back!
As someone who is invested pretty heavily into the RC car world. Who also just recently got their first lionel train. I am pretty surprised to see that trains mostly just use Philips head screws... RC cars mostly use hex screws/bolts. If an RC car has Phillips heads. It's usually considered toy grade. Hex heads are considered hobby grade... I would have thought it would be the same in the train hobby... But it's not. That's interesting to me...
When I was a early teenager, I launched my MPC FARR Union Pacific Berk off of the table by accident. The wire slipped from under the Variable voltage post of my transformer, and laid against the constant voltage post. The locomotive hit the turn and sailed off of the table. Surprisingly, not a whole lot of damage. The pilot was bent downward a little. But that was really all that happened. And this thing fell a good 3 feet onto a hard basement floor. But, those berks were leftover tooling from postwar models. So they were kind of bulletproof and really stout.
That being said. Years later, I worked in a model train shop for years, doing repairs on all sorts of trains. People would be surprised at just how modular the new ones are. They look a lot more intimidating to work on than they actually are. Mechanically or electronically.
The older trains can take a beating!
She caught the Katy. And left me a mule to ride
My greatest mistake with an engine was when my j3a Hudson collided with my big boy but it was a very slow accident so no damage was caused
My greatest mistake was when i started in the hobby, i had a marklin layout and wanted to buy a new train online, i stumbled upon an ICE 1 for 80 bucks, which was a great deal, unfortunately when i got home i realized it was a branch of marklin called marklin "hamo" which was DC and not compatible with my AC layout
I dropped my favorite train engine on the floor to :( right before Christmas. It was on a grage floor. . . .
Even though I’m mostly an N scale train person, it’s no surprise some have broken on me. But what ever part needs replacing, there manufacturer has parts for it to purchase on its website. And boy oh boy did that Lionel Visionline 3 rail O scale Big Boy smoke up your train room after some runs with its fresh new smoking units. I hope the smoke alarm doesn’t go off. Also since I’m more into little N scale, I recently purchased an N scale model of Big Boy 4014 from Broadway Limited. And Broadway made history as it’s the first ever N scale steam engine that smokes! They also came out with N&W Y6bs and Reading T1 Northerns. They’re equipped with smoking units too. Eventually they’ll have Challenger’s and Santa Fe Northerners like 3751. All smoke equipped. However they’re not synchronized smoking units. There sooth smoking units like Athearn had in there HO steam engines. Now that I have the proper smoke fluid in possession, just need to wait for these N scale steam engines to get to me. I hope for future N scale releases BLI does the N&W Js and the GS-4s like they recently did in HO.
My worst mistake as a modeler was when I rear ended a passenger train (it uncoupled from its self) and DESTROYED the rear end of the observation. Still not sure how as it wasn't going too fast. It damaged the chassis and the shell, couldn't run the observation anymore as the spot the rear truck mounted broke off. Took me 5 years to find a new chassis for a good price. Not too bad but it was my first passenger car I ever got.
Hey you got another Gundam!!! I know this might be a odd request but you remove the arms legs head and put them on flat cars as a cargo load? It would be awesome to see run by on the layout
It’s worse than drop the Lego locomotives. It’ll takes hours to get the pieces, break em’ all up, and start rebuilt again, it’s insane. and (Pain) of their lives. At least Sid was a very savior to fixing the Big Boy.
The only engine I have dropped was my poster 675 ironically the same engine that you made fly off your table in the Q & A video.
It is..
Those 675 Post War steamers can take a beating though! Hopefully yours was okay
@@RBPTrains I had a 2035 fall of the track that I had around my ceiling when a tree hit my house. The smoke box door is a mangled mess and the drawbar looks like a piece of spaghetti. Still runs like a charm. Doesn’t have a headlight but I should be able to find someone to fix it. Luckily I have fixed almost all the other locomotives damaged from the tree.
My N scale Kato FEF fell 30" off a project layout in the garage a few years ago and hit the garage floor. A few parts broke (mostly on the cab), but I've never gotten around to fixing it yet.
N Scale seems tougher to fix
Good job looks great.
Wish I could blow my N scale trains up to "O" scale when I work on them. Looks much easier in a larger scale.
The bigboy is forever emotionally damaged 💔
Had to give it a pep talk and promise that I won't drop it again
I dropped a few myself dont feel bad you got it new again....
Is that O-Guage?
My dream engine is an O - Guage DD40AX!!!
I'm OK with Lionel stuff, but i'm a "2 rail" modeler so the brand is off my radar completely. I don't think I ever dropped a train, but i do had some catastrophic derails, and fall-offs, even some "friend related" damages. My Class 119 is still in a "written off" status do to the broken plow with the coupling that is no longer available in the parts order (2015 release! so WHAT?), after I left it at my workplace to pull the holyday candy-train, and my coworkers were curios how fast it can go, with a heavy train (on a R2 layout), can't even glue it, do its a weight bearing moving part.
Tough sometimes I can get damaged locos for cheap on ebay that i can easily fix, and some cosmetic damages i can fix without trying to get original spare parts (like: lamps, bells, some pipes, horn...) and i'm good with painting and weathering as an alternative.
MY GREATEST TRAIN MISTAKE!? I HAVE SEVEREAL!
1. Broke several different bachmann models....those being the chattanooga, 2378 2-8-2 mikado, Bethlehem Steel 0-6-0, BNSF 3001, and UP 4433.
2. Lost the screw to my Tyco 4-6-0 for it to run again (the screw was loose when it came in the mail, but i didn't mind. as long as the locomotive was fine, i was fine.)
3. Dropped my O scale alaskan 0-4-0 in 2019 and it somewhat looked like it survived...until i tried running it in 2022 and it didn't make any noise
4. Lost my hallmark greatest railroad model of a J class (the tender still remains)
Please acknowledge, for 1, 3, and 4 i was VERY YOUNG, so i had no idea how to properly handle model trains.
Our worst fear.
At least this had a happy ending!
We have a space in the loft/attic for our layout which has a carpeted floor. I had a brand new Hattons Class 66 and it slipped out of my hands from baseboard height (70cm) straight to the floor... The thing is it didn't land on the carpet it landed corner first onto a cast iron weight!!! Unbelievably only 4 intricate pieces of pipework came off and a slightly mishappened sand box to straighten out. That could have been sooo much worse.
The Tragic Incident of BigBoy
Here are my two greatest train mistakes. One was when I was setting up my ceiling layout and I rolled a Lionel passenger car off of the track and onto the floor (those things are sturdy. All that happened the door went inside the car which was an easy fix and a small crack) and the other accident was when I was running my n scale trains (more specifically the big boy which is an odd coincidence) and my Kato switch derailed the pilot wheels causing a short circuit that fried my Bachman ez dcc controller