Waterproof Train

[nartak]

Typhoon "Wipha" just passed near Tokyo from Oct. 15 night to morning of next day.  With heavey rain and strong winds, transportation infrastructure also impacted and we saw many train line stopped operation.

 

But now, Shin-Keisei line figured out something... maybe inspired from Splash Mountain of Disney Land.  The picture now distributed widely and worth a sharing with you.  The photo is at Narashino station.

 

http://www.hazardlab.jp/know/topics/detail/3/3/3349.html

 

This is no wonder as Keisei is the primary shareholder of Oriental Land Corp., which operates Tokyo Disney Land.

[cteno4]

Wow quite amazing! That's like a foot of water in the station! One thing to get splashed by a puddle from a passing car, but being on that platform would be a wet proposition.

 

Sounding like its a pretty bad storm with dozens dead or missing from the typhoon. Best to all effected.

 

Jeff

Edited October 17, 2013 by cteno4

[ToniBabelony]

I think I already mentioned that shitamachi companies are badass somewhere on the forums. Let me repeat: badass. These are the things why I love 'em so much. :D

[miyakoji]

I'm surprised the traction motors and underfloor equipment tolerate that. Did this train continue to run?

[westfalen]

I'm surprised the train is running through the water, we can't run if the water is above the top of the rail and then only at more or less walking pace.  Electricity and water are two things you don't want to put together.

[nartak]

Sorry I don't have further information on it.  However, if the train became disabled, it must be reported by media.  As we didn't see it, the train was managed to out of the flooding I assume.  Right after this, Shin-Keisei line stopped operation due to this flooding at Narashino station.

 

The one good thing is that Shin-Keisei continued operation except around Narashino station while most of other railway operator was suspending... especially JR, which tends to easily stop operation on this kind of situation.

[Densha]

Wow that's amazing! I thought it would be about something as a leaking roof as in the Belgian trains I had last year but this is on a whole different level.

[cteno4]

badass is right toni!

 

jeff

[cteno4]

more on typhoon flooding and damage

 

http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2138188237075148201

 

http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2138188186174970301/2138188240375157903

 

jeff

[bronzeonion]

A InterCity125 HST did the same thing here when one of the railway lines flooded, and the train later was declared a failure because the drag from the water pulled apart many of the coupling hoses between the cars as well as causing many other problems to the underfloor equipment! Though there was no where near as much water!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oddL3Jpn6UI

[Martijn Meerts]

The real question is, how do you model something like that? :)

[ToniBabelony]

The real question is, how do you model something like that? :)

 

Like this: http://www.scottpages.net/SpiritiNgAway.html

[Ronny]

Well, this is inspired from Miyazaki's film "Spirited Away"

[Martijn Meerts]

Damn, now I want to model that ;)

[Densha]

[Martijn Meerts]

You've shown me that one before ;)

 

I can't image using actual water will be healthy for the trains in the long run though, not to mention that water just doesn't scale well at all ..

[Densha]

Yeah I did, but I didn't post it for the others to see yet. :)

 

And I think they used some fake transparent water stuff from Woodland or something.

[Martijn Meerts]

Nah, that's real (distilled) water. You can see ripples when the train passes through it, and when people bump into the table ;)

 

I've seen the large harbour at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, and while impressive, it just looks completely silly...

[westfalen]

Reminds me of watching Thunderbirds on TV as a kid and thinking, even then, that you can't realistically model water with real water, it just looks ridiculous.  Same with smoke, it doesn't scale down either.

[Densha]

You forgot lightning. It's close to (and if not) impossible to make it look anywhere close to the lightning effect in prototype. The best is to put your model trains outside on a sunny day if you want good lightning for pictures.

[cteno4]

oh easy just a high voltage source above the module and good grounding pad on the module and you will get some amazing lightning strikes! i built quite a few of these in high school! one would do a good bolt about 12" to a good ground (more like inch or two with finger!) of course it hitting the train would fry the motor! also someone sticking their finger in there could get popped but that will only make them jump back on their ass (unless they have pacemaker!)

 

every halloween i am sorely tempted to put together a jacobs ladder to put in the window and a bunch of the old distillation glassware i have from grad school to make a mad scientist's lab bubbling away! but we only get a dozen or two tricker treaters so not quite worth the effort. its good we dont live in a neighborhood with lots of tricker treaters or i would be that old geezer on the street with the haunted house that would scare the piss out of everyone!

 

jeff

[Martijn Meerts]

Your house doesn't look anything like your typical haunted house though ;)