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Like Noah says read the article in MR, its got some really useful advice to novices and old hand alike. Then go buy a NMRA track gauge if you don't have one already. Look to see what derails and where - as a rule of thumb - if more than one car derails at one spot on your layout - suspect the track work. Check it thoroughly. If one car or engince derails at several spots on your layout then its suspect - check everything about the car, weight, coupler height, wheelsets (are they in guage, do they "wobble"?), check the trucks for a *little* latteral movement, etc etc Finally as RMax has already said know the limits of your layout. Tight curves and big rolling stock don't go well together. For example: my layout has tight cuves (22" minumum on the main and 18" in the sidings) an unfortunate legacy of my limited layout space. There are certain items I just won't run on it as I know they will just fall of at the tight curves, some of my 80' passenger cars for example.
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