GARDEN RAILWAY DISASTER! Bachmann Class 40 takes a plunge!

Hello and welcome to this impromptu video! I was running trains outside and my bachmann 40 plunged off the railway, reason unknown!
Lets take a look at the damage and see if i can mend the poor whistler.

[@stephendavies6949]

I reckon it was an animal assault. An inquisitive magpie or a stroppy squirrel, perhaps?

[@BritishRail60062]

I have learned a lesson from this video. When I have a garden railway, I am going to have guardrails on the sides where there is risk of my trains falling off the track from a height. I recommend installing guard rails about 2 inches high. It will save a lot of pain in the long run.

[@BoxtankEngine]

I have started a little garden railway and guardrails are essential. if i didnt have them, i would have propably already lost just about 1000 euros in engines

[@darrenhillman8396]

Pleased you were able to fix your beloved 40, Dan! Nice model. I suspect squirrel trespass as the cause… 🤔

[@ronaldmcmurray6274]

Love the fact you got the breakdown crew out. Brilliant.😂😂😂

[@delphjunction1168]

Hi Dan. At least you had a new bit of content. Glad the 40 is ok. Could it have been a bit of foliage or a small twig that you couldn't see. Well done with the recovery, loved the crane. Thumbs up thumped 👍 .... Pete....

[@andyburge9901]

I’m this incident and rapidly learning from it if I was u I would be rapidly installing side protector barriers to prevent locos falling off the boards. Just helpful info. For you Dan. Good luck with repairing. These are so delicate nowadays and akward to mend

[@Theillustrator2006]

Definitely look into installing safety barriers or guardrails or something along those lines- the last thing you need is for more giant squirrel attacks

[@gwrdriver1660]

Brambles and nettles, great for the wildlife and lots of beautiful blackberries. Don't understand why people have a problem with native plants.

[@cedarcam]

Trouble with my neighbour over that. While out she came in my garden jungle and cut down two trees and bushes with blackbirds nests in as well as brambles. It started when she said there were rats in my garden. She puts loads of food out on her lawn and I don't, there are fields behind the house and probably rats come from there, but almost certainly do not live in my garden, never seen any sign of them only squirrels, which do climb trees rats don't. Now have a lock n chain on my gate.

[@Jack_Warner]

I hope the driver was OK.

[@HeritageGardenModelRailway]

That could have been a lot worse, At least the 40 survived to tell the story.

[@DaveAtLittleton]

Rather than Trash to Track it was an episode of 'Track to Trash, Back to Track', still an entertaining vid :)

[@markheasman7631]

Hi Dan Great video sometimes locomotives have mind of their own Lol

[@Gatherleymodeller.]

Awesome video 😊

[@Cosmos-mz5ut]

Disaster has struck the 40! i wish you luck getting it repaired, it could have been a small leaf or a rock that did it, dropped by an animal, most likely a tiny rock that dislodged the front wheel and it caught on something.

[@johnbill9201]

The Whistler takes a tumble Dan, love the garden railway Ktf J

[@KellinoRail]

Crewe Works did a good speedy job on the accident repairs... 😜

[@blairgowrieforestrailwayan2786]

One of my favourite models jumped out of the track similar to yours. Just go and check your track gauge in that area.

[@johnlner]

all those nettles and brambles...... i feel a bit of gardening coming on..... you know it makes sense..... before it spreads over the tracks

[@ianclark-xk5zi]

Time you got rid of those brambles and nettles kind of spoils the effect of the railway and if you let them grow they’ll take over the garden.

[@user-it7lf7kk8m]

Attack of the 80 foot stinging nettles

[@garthjunor3027]

Trim weeds brambles etc right to ground level and you can find all the little missing bits

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid on the layout thanks lee

[@TeenFlyer95]

Glad you got it running again! The class 24 sounds amazing, what speaker & sound chip combo has it got in it? Cheers!

[@dansmodelrailways7886]

The 24 is a new version bachmann factory fitted sound, as it came. I’ve not altered it.

[@CreatureOfTheVoid]

Yea that is the reason why i would not build a model layout that high of the ground with out some kind of safety rail to stop the models sky diving

[@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932]

Very interesting, no need to access the block box?

[@chrisst8922]

Luckily no one was hurt.

[@RonsGardenRailway]

Had the same thing happen with my class 47 I was lucky that it missed the pond and it landed in the rockery I still don't know what happened as I do have side to stop this it manages to put back on the track and run ok Ron's garden railway

[@bigadefourfiveonezeroseven4063]

Wow ......hope the driver was ok

[@francismewton3276]

Do you think it would be an idea to put walling or fence along that stretch of railway so it would never happen again! These locos are not cheap to be falling 3-4feet to the ground ?

[@TrustyRusty05]

R.I.P Andy

[@jolla9963]

So I'm not the only one who gets the recovery crane out. Lol.

[@claptnei]

Possibly a bird or the nettles blown in the breeze over the track?

[@user-gu9pv7ck1i]

1co co1 big pain.

[@violinstar5948]

Make the railway wider and put fencing around it

[@janetlewis7145]

Will there be a Network Rail inquiry in to the causes of this accident? Bill from California

[@bussesandtrains1218]

the orr has been notified and raib inspectors are on their way

[@shedhead00]

I wonder if it was a bird or squirrel

[@gamerdruid7605]

Or cat

[@garethlonie6924]

New meaning to the term "bird strike"?

[@nigelmitchell351]

Bird strike ?

[@taysworld1928]

Take this “Bowler” Away!

[@casperbacon1423]

squirrels. always squirrels.

[@user-it7lf7kk8m]

Probably cats, if you watch any cat videos you will see they will bat anything just for the hell of it.

[@thepacerman]

well thats not good

[@rob235ioa1]

NO SYMPATHY thats why you should ALWAYS have guard rails either side of layout................could be an expensive lesson

[@thepacerman]

not always there should be no reason for a train to derail on a straight bit of track so why would there be a need for gaurd rails