derailment

[Anonymous]

The track was tilted to the outside of the turn. I shimmed it up a little on the outside wich then gave it a slight bank to the inside . everything seems to work well now . i thank every one for there help . Again thanks fuzzypa

[Fergmiester]

You've got a double whammy going against you and it is a problem that I have run into before. The problem may be that coming out of a declining curve you may have introduced a dip in your inside rail. To determine this get down and eye ball your rails and check to see they are both parallel to each other. You may need the assistance of a short straight edge. If the curve is superelevated I would almost guarantee this is your problem.

If a dip is present then you will have to level your track wih shims and ballast or relay your track. All it takes is a twist or a "bump" to send a loco hurtling off the track.

Let us know how you mad out

Fergie

[Anonymous]

One solution to the s-curve problem is to add a section of straight track at least as long as your longest car between the turnout and the curve. It'll probably take some track rearranging, but it should solve your problem.

[Anonymous]

sorry .
its one switch .
its comeing out of a turn and on a slight declien the loco goes right over the switch but the rolling stock derails. and yes is going into a s curve . thanks for answering my question. fuzzypa

[Jetrock]

How is the switch set up? Is there an S-curve (if you follow the track from the switch, does it make an S shape?) causing a problem?

Perhaps if you used some punctuation in place of the CapsLock key?

[Anonymous]

Heres a thought, Just double-check the position of the switch, Many times if you run through an open switch, the loco has enough weight to pu***he points out of the way but cars dont. Try throwing the switch and see what happens.

[Anonymous]

Is it possible the coupler is too low on the car and snags on the switch as it passes thru?

[Anonymous]

Is it one particular switch, or a couple of them? If it's just one, then there's something not quite right in the switch (probably the points aren't tight against the stock rails). If it's more than one, then either the cars aren't heavy enough, or there's a problem with their wheels.

(Oh, and using ALL CAPS is kind-of like SHOUTING at us -- online custom says that's not polite. [:)])

[Anonymous]

CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WHY SOME OF MY ROLLING STOCK DERAILS AT A SWITCH THE LOCO DOES NOT DERAIL IT GOES THROUGH THE SWITCH AITH NO TROUBLE BUT THE CAR ITS PULLING DERAILS I HAVE CHECKED THE RAILS THE WEELS AND HAVE GONE OVER IT THE NMRA GAGE AND CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT ( IT HAPPENS TO ALMOST ALL THE ROLLING STOCK) [8] ANY HELP WILL BE APPREACEATED THANKS FOR READING MY MESSAGE