Does a Postwar 681 Turbine derail on your fastrack switches or curves?

[sean s.]

I am considering buying a 681, and have heard that some people have trouble with derailments because of the pilot wheels riding up on curves and switches.  Does anyone, who uses fastrack, with fastrack switches, find this with their 681?

 

Thank you!

 

Sean

[LS1Heli]

I have a 681 with the 2671W tender and it works just fine on FasTrack and the FasTrack 036 switches. NO problems ever.

[EIS2]

I also have a 681 and FasTrack switches.  I have only one engine that derailed on FasTrack switches and that was an MTH 2-8-0 Consolidation.  The problem was the lead truck wheels were spaced to close together.  I re-spaced the lead truck and now the engine never derails on the FasTrack switches.  None of my other engines have ever derailed on FasTrack switches.

Earl

[billbarman]

I have the 681 and it works fine on fastrack switches.

[ajzend]

My PW Turbine and others were having trouble with my Atlas 072/054 switches.  The problem was with the pilot trucks.  I shaved back the leading edge of the frog just a bit, and this fixed the problem.