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SILKY SMOOTH TRACK AND SWITCH OPERATION
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I don't mind the clickety-clacks - it is the sound that characterises train travel for me! Being from Australia I used to prefer to take the train from Melbourne to Sydney overnight rather than fly in the morning. Same from Melbourne to Adelaide. AT one stage I used to make the round trip three time every two weeks! <br /> <br />But what I am starting to mind is the problems I have with Atlas turn-outs. <br /> <br />When I started building about 12 months ago I was playing with things like GP-38's and F units. They have enough wheels and enough pickup that they can run through the horrifically long insulated frogs on the Atlas turn-outs. But more and more my daughter and I are playing with much smaller English and European steam loco's. I have a Minitrix AT&SF 0-6-0 slope tender loco which barely negotiates the things. But my 0-4-2T, 0-4-0T and 0-6-0T's dont like the gap at all! Any sort of incline and they lose momentum and get stopped in the gap. So I think it is Peco, Fleischmann or maybe Roco to try next. <br /> <br />Of coursem, the other problem is that these thins are VERY light compared to a GP-38! So unless the track is even and bump free, they will de-rail very esily. <br /> <br />So no, I dont want my track dead smooth anbd flat, but I do spend a lot of time to try and make sure it all works for my locos, even if there are joints that click and clack! <br /> <br />John <br />
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