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I have used 18" very reliably through the years. The problem I am having on my current laout, Which is second hand (Every discarded layout needs a good home right?) the preveous builder layed the track on some crazy superelevation. At the apex of the longest curve the bank of the track measuers about 15*. and it is causing derailment problems with alot of my stuff as I do not my my locos and cars set up for this kind of running. I havn't had the time to fix it yes as doing so would mean removing the ballast, Taking up the track. Taking up the road bed without damaging it, and removing the banking shims and relaying everything back down again. <br /> <br />Just havn't had time to do this. In the meantime I have to operate my trains reverse from the intended direction of travel as immediately exiting the curve is a switch and everytime I run the right direction the loco pics the switch and derails. So Until I get the superelevation fixed I have to operate my layout "Backwards". I am still trying to figure out what he was doing he banked the tracks so hard. Running the Morning Hiawatha at full scale speed on 18" Radius? <br /> <br />James
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