Now last year, a Freightliner Class 70 was dropped from a crane as it was being off loaded in England after being shipped from the US. Well, it has happened again, but this time it occured in Africa. An EMD GT46c-ACe was being off loaded when one of the cradles failed, causing the loco to crash onto the dock. Strangely enough, one of the workers decide to film the unloading and happened to capture the fall. The video shows the fall in real time then slow motion (which explains the length). The loco ...

Best scenery I've seen on an N scale layout. DC layout, 2 track main, one east one west. A country layout with no yards or cities. Please turn down the sound because theres too much talking. Just enjoy the ride and the scenery. Camera car derails at the end of the video.

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Greetings TrainBoard members and guests.

We are pleased to announce our upcoming special run project and that we will begin taking orders.

Before moving forward, I would like to address some issues that I believe will be questions that you folks are likely to ask.

Why is TrainBoard trying to get into special runs?

Well, simply put, we want to be! If we can successfully enter this market, we will be able to be the catalyst that will cause some pretty neat model railroad products to come into existence over time. This will not be limited to N Scale, although we are starting with an N Scale project.

Second, over time, TrainBoard has been forced to look for additional, creative sources of funding. Right now, we are funded primarily by advertising and donations. Neither one of those things will pay our bills today alone but the combination of the two has gotten us by. As we get larger, ...

TrainBoard is pleased to offer a new special feature starting in September. It's the TrainBoard Smartphone Challenge.

This is not a contest, it's just an opportunity for members to use their smartphones to catch interesting photos and post them to the site. This is not something that should be seen as competing with the other prototype threads in this forum.

Here are the rules;

1. Do not trespass (or violate any other laws in the pursuit of photos or videos).
2. Be safe (and legal).
3. All photos must be taken during the period of

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