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Model Railroading > Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire fallsDate: 02/20/18 13:08 Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: kbmiflyer Many of those in the Midwest know that the Chicago Museum of Science and industry has an amazing HO layout depicting the BNSF from Chicago to Seattle.
If you have visited you also know that there is an actual Boeing 727 that is mounted above the display, with a working landing gear. This morning, before the museum opened, the tire of the landing gear broke free and landed and the display !!! Luckily, it was not an actual tire but a plastic tire filled with foam, but it still did some damage. There was no one hurt fortunately. The operating portion of the display, other than the subway cars, were not impacted. So the layout continued to operate. However, several of the downtown buildings were damaged and will have to be rebuilt Pictures below are of the damage. The pink foam scattered on the buildings and streets is the foam from inside the tire. The landing gear without tires can be seen above. I tried my best, but the pictures really don't show the extent of the damage. Date: 02/20/18 13:11 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: kbmiflyer Date: 02/20/18 13:12 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: wingomann In picture #3 you can see that Chicago fire is on the scene to help people in the damaged buildings. :->
Date: 02/20/18 13:13 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: kbmiflyer Date: 02/20/18 13:16 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: kbmiflyer wingomann Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > In picture #3 you can see that Chicago fire is on > the scene to help people in the damaged buildings. > :-> hopefully they are hoping the poor folks that were in that overturned subway car when the giant tire fell from the sky :) Date: 02/20/18 13:29 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: kevink Ouch! I work in the real building that that red building in image 2 is based on.
Date: 02/20/18 13:34 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: MrMRL Woah.... diameter of a Boeing 727 main landing gear tire is approximately 49 inches. Scale that up to HO dimensions, a 355 foot tire just fell out of the sky onto the heart of downtown Chicago! The scale of such a disaster in real life would be equal to if not greater than the destruction incurred in NYC on 9/11...
Any surveillance video of the impact? Mr. MRL Date: 02/20/18 13:40 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: TAW kevink Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Ouch! I work in the real building that that red > building in image 2 is based on. There was a picture in the IHB 55th Street tower (about 53d & Kolmar) of the previous edition of the tower that was crushed by the wheels of one of the main gear of a plane falling off and landing on the tower. The train director happened to be outside at the time. TAW Date: 02/20/18 13:54 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: kbmiflyer MrMRL Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Any surveillance video of the impact? > > Mr. MRL I would guess the Museum security cameras would have caught it. I am not sure it will ever become public though. It happened before opening (I was told) so probably no visitor camera footage. We were there about 10:30 after a 9:30 opening. Date: 02/20/18 15:35 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: fbe Will the NTSB doing an investigation? Imagine if they found something about the landing gear assembly which grounded the entire remaining 727 fleet pending inspection. What would that be, 2 or 3 planes?
Date: 02/20/18 16:11 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: MrMRL fbe Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > ... which grounded the entire remaining 727 > fleet pending inspection. What would that be, 2 or > 3 planes? According to Wikipedia... "As of July 2017, a total of 57 Boeing 727s (2× 727-100s and 55× -200s) were in commercial service with 27 airlines,[4] plus a few more in government and private use." ~ Mr. MRL Date: 02/20/18 16:53 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: toledopatch All the people whose home layouts have issues with giant cats have got NOTHING on this.
Date: 02/20/18 17:16 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: railwaybaron What numbskulls! Anything that is "flown" above a museum exhibit must be double-tied to a secure footings.
Date: 02/20/18 18:05 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: inCHI Sorry to see this...yikes.
Date: 02/20/18 19:23 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: wpdude Oh, the humanity! Sorry, that does really suck. Now the rest of us know what not to do with our 727"s! You guys got off pretty easy, knock on wood! See ya next time im in Chi-town.
Date: 02/20/18 19:53 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: perklocal Could have been worse. Godzilla could have made a visit!
Date: 02/20/18 21:06 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: atsf121 Glad no one was hurt, bummer about the damage. That was a great museum and layout when we visited a few years ago. Hope to go back someday.
Nathan Date: 02/21/18 09:35 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: BAB railwaybaron Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What numbskulls! Anything that is "flown" above a > museum exhibit must be double-tied to a secure > footings. Ok so the plane didn't fall just a simulated tire failed made out of foam. Need better type of foam or........so this does not happen again. Doesn't look like there was much weight to the pieces so would not have hurt someone very bad if at all. Date: 02/21/18 09:39 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: BoilingMan I don't have a TV, but I know some folks who do- isn't there a series of ads for an insurance co with off-the-wall claims? This would certainly qualify!
SR I used to go nuts to visit the earlier version of this layout in the mid-50's. It was a bit funkier than today's version- but the Blue F's on freights and Super Chief had me swooning at 5yrs old! Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/21/18 09:40 by BoilingMan. Date: 02/21/18 10:44 Re: Museum of Science and Industry layout disaster - Tire falls Author: march_hare There's a prototype for everything.
Back when I was in college, a large and mysterious block of greenish, slushy ice was discovered in a suburban back yard near Buffalo, NY. It was wintertime, and it took a spell of warm weather before its identity became apparent--it was the sewage holding tank from a plane flying overhead. As long as it doesn't hit me directly, I think I'd prefer a tire. (And if it does hit me directly, I probably won't care). |