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Thank you all for your input. Phil - my 2-8-0 works over the plastic rail joiners, because it is powered only by the tender I guess. My diesel engines go over the plastic joiners as well. But my 2-8-8-2's don't. Bobfarkus - I'll try staggering the plastic joints. I haven't heard of under the board switches (I'm kind of new), but it sounds very appealing. My Atlas snap switches only cause problems near curves, not on straight ways. Carole - to connect my wires, I've been using the not-so-realistic looking track pieces with the wire connectors built in. I should redo to hide the connections like the books say. You are absolutely right that my track layout isn't up to par for the nice big AC 4400 locos. I'll have to upgrade it over time. Thanks all!
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