Mark,
That is a fairly descent rendition of these Autoracks, for most of us in toy train or high rail it would work. I do appreciate your efforts to prove or disprove some of fellow modelers desires, thank you for that.
So I decided to see just how much carnage this car would cause on my layout by making a full loop of the layout. The results were pretty bad. I killed 4 track workers, 3 pedestrians, slid one building 2 feet off it's foundation and sideswiped 3 cylindrical hoppers.
That being said, I would like to send my condolences to the families of the of your track workers and pedestrians. I am curious now if their lawyers have contacted you yet, it looks as though your railroad is now on its way to court and eventually bankruptcy.
I actually did worse, I built a track cleaning car using foam paint rollers, I took it to a former friends home to try on his layout. The car only traveled about six feet and killed an entire track crew plus taking down a large number of trees. I was asked to leave.
Ray
