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Posted by Jumijo on Friday, March 2, 2007 7:29 AM

That's the old pepper, Jerry! I knew you'd find the solution.

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Posted by pbjwilson on Friday, March 2, 2007 7:25 AM

 jerrylovestrains wrote:
Well, the problem was that i sqeezed the curve till it was basically a 022 curve, causing the wheels to bind. I moved the one straghtaway from it, and I got the curve worked out fine, now all my locos cruise through it no problem!

Some N gauge locos dont like curves that tight.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 2, 2007 7:15 AM
Well, the problem was that i sqeezed the curve till it was basically a 022 curve, causing the wheels to bind. I moved the one straghtaway from it, and I got the curve worked out fine, now all my locos cruise through it no problem!
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Posted by Roger Bielen on Friday, March 2, 2007 6:44 AM
Jerry, if that's a post war turbine it should have no problem with O27 curves.  I have a 2020 that ran for years on an O27 layout.  Are the flanges worn?  Or as mentioned, try it with the body.  There's a lot of weight there.
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Posted by Jumijo on Friday, March 2, 2007 5:52 AM

Jerry,

Have you thought about creating an easement into the curve with a larger radius track?

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 1, 2007 7:39 PM
 Frank53 wrote:

 Kooljock1 wrote:
Perhaps the added weight of a boiler casting will hold the train to the tracks. You can probably find one on eBay.

Cold.

Funny, but cold. Big Smile [:D]

HAHAHA, very funny!Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]Disapprove [V] I have the boiler dowstairs, just was doing some maintenance, didn't go through with it on either. I will probably shift some trackage over to comesate for the curve.

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Posted by Andrew Falconer on Thursday, March 1, 2007 7:02 PM

This is a hard way to solve it

Remove everything. 

Make a new table top section.

Andrew

 

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Posted by Frank53 on Thursday, March 1, 2007 6:50 PM

 Kooljock1 wrote:
Perhaps the added weight of a boiler casting will hold the train to the tracks. You can probably find one on eBay.

Cold.

Funny, but cold. Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Kooljock1 on Thursday, March 1, 2007 6:46 PM
Perhaps the added weight of a boiler casting will hold the train to the tracks. You can probably find one on eBay.

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Posted by trainbrain on Thursday, March 1, 2007 4:32 PM
FRom the pix it appears that all you can do is cheat both straight sides out a bit until the curve fits.  You can then adjust the other end with the straights to fit there, too. It won't be totally straight,  kinda of a long slight angle but at least it will fit.  You can make this a straight illusion with good scenery!
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What shall I do??
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 1, 2007 4:22 PM

Hey guys,

 I came across this problem the other day when I tried running my turbine on the REALLY tight 027 turn I made on the one end of the layout. All of my other locos can do it, just the turbine cant. It always jumps the rails! So I took the curve off, and ive been trying to figure out how I could soften it up a little bit. I fully extended the curve till it can for through fine without jumping them' der' tracks, but now the curve is way off! Anybody got any Ideas???Cool [8D]

 

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