What is the most dangerous spot on your pike??

The most dangerous spot on my layout is wherever these guys show up

They like to use the competition's car for target practice.  

The track is at the very edge of the train table at the station near my Popsicle Stick Polo Grounds, shown below:

The table is about 4 feet off the ground there, so I take it nice and slow when running trains along that track.

Apparently the motel on the north side of town has it's issues. And the farmer finally found out the cause of his missing cattle and livestock.....

Scottsdale police thinks this spot of the layout is dangerous.  Who am I to argue?

Always loved to visit Scottsdale and McCormick park.

Mine is an 027 curve heading into the mountain. Haven’t lost train parts, but the mountain has taken a few hits.  I’ve added a few more dents since this picture.

Another area is inside the mountain, and always in the spot I can’t easily reach….

The Floor and the dote at the control panel who forget to clean the track.

The shady travel agent center near Chippie's steakhouse always has police activity.

No Fear!

Street running is always a risky proposition.

Design architect's miscalculated the space requirements of the comet II cars.  As a result they had to remove the concrete corner pillar to the city station and replace it with a smaller "I" beam.  Space is tight and speed restrictions are in place.

I've also forgotten to close my lift bridge twice in 10 years.  Fortunately minimal damage.

I have no dangerous spots. No matter what happens, no one will die!

@GG1 4877 posted:

Scottsdale police thinks this spot of the layout is dangerous.  Who am I to argue?

Where did you get a Scottsdale police car? I assume this was custom decals, but I am jealous either way!

@bigboy25 posted:

Where did you get a Scottsdale police car? I assume this was custom decals, but I am jealous either way!

The Police car is not mine.  I belongs to the Paradise and Pacific Club.  I do have a AZ Department of Public Safety police cruiser though :-)

Generally it is where I am standing because it is never in the right spot to prevent something bad from happening!!!

My layout is in the attic of my airplane roof bungalow. The mainline runs at the extreme edge of the roof, where the headroom is only a foot or so. That stretch is also blocked by boxes of trains. That's exactly where the latest train stopped when a capacitor exploded and caught the inside of the loco on fire recently. I could see the loco, but could not reach it. I had to watch to make sure it would not burn. The mainline was shorted, so there was no way to get to it quickly. It took two days to move stuff to get to the loco. The house smelled of burnt electronics for a week.

The vendor I bought it from said "too bad" but it really was not his fault, as the loco ran for an hour before self destructing.

My most dangerous spot is if i put the latest catalog and my wallet near each other...one seems to put tremendous strain on the other...

The power switch.

Underneath the table.  Because every time I go underneath the table to fix a switch or wire, I come out with a bump or cut on my head.

Marty

@martind posted:

Underneath the table.  Because every time I go underneath the table to fix a switch or wire, I come out with a bump or cut on my head.

Marty

I know the feeling Marty - ever have a drop of solder fall on your arm while wiring under the layout?

OUCH!

@Farmall-Joe posted:

My most dangerous spot is if i put the latest catalog and my wallet near each other...one seems to put tremendous strain on the other...

In my case it's the workbench, where perfectly innocent engines and cars are subjected to horrible dismemberments and Frankensteinian re-assemblies.

At the end of the street that goes to the park!                   

I'd stay away from this clan of moonshiners that have set up shop under the bridge, by the power station........

Hey phlashgrdon,

I searched high and low for a modern ambulance with flashing lights.  I'm currently busting my butt installing my own on an $8 model.  Where did you get that?