UCS, USC whatever it is O27 track profile and an O27 6019 I think it is called. So much for the nitpickers. It is an O42R curve.
So here it is in the simplest form. 3482 milk car platform. I painted it brown so don't freak out about the color. The Thomas set is from 2012. The track is shimmed on both sides. I may need to shim it out more on the exit curve.
Here is the load, I tried it in this direction and it works just fine going in this direction. Note there is a straight section after the 6019 going this way.
The dockside will work fine in either direction. I will remove the flat car and caboose and see how it works next.
Hope this clears things up.
Here is the track
Here is the result going in this direction.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
on 042 curves mu current Thomas pulled a MTH 72 passenger set FIVE CARS
course these were the abs ones
How old id the Thomas Engine?
The early one which I started with the nineties had a tendency to derail on 0 31 curves, I think its a design flaw which I think was corrected in the later versions
Assuming you meant UCS, not USC, is the O27 track shimmed to the height of the UCS within about a foot of the rail joint?
Bob Nelson
Kev, I have a section like this. I'll try to set it up tonight and run Thomas and see what happens. Your Thomas can sure pull a big train. I'm fortunate to get him to pull Annie and Clarabel. I had issues like this with Percy but figured it was because he was an 0-4-0...
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Kevin I know you use O27 but wondering if the inside rail in the direction it jumps might be bent out some and is causing Thomas to steer to the right or left depending where the track is . wonder if you just turn the track around if that might fix it. also could there be a nail up just a little to lift Thomas to keep him going straight there's a lot of things like Larry said take it real slow and see what happens and watch real closely
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''All track is of 027 profile".
Presumably you are using '0' track and not 027 with your UCS track, or are using the 6019 with 027 track.
Run Thomas slow and watch what happens to cause it to derail. Simple solution is to move the uncoupling track back one section away from the curve and see what happens.
Larry
A question about Thomas and USC sections of track. I have a section of my layout for the grand-kids with a Thomas set to run. I let them run the Thomas set pulling 5 cars. 3 stock passenger cars, a short MPC flat car with the figures from the Thomas set and a MPC caboose. I also run a Docksider pulling 3 RMT ore cars and a milk car. I thought I would add that operating milk car and platform on that loop because it would add some action for the kids. I have the section of USC track connected to a O42 or maybe it is O54 curve. The docksider works great. Thomas wants to just go straight when passing over the USC section heading into the curve. All track is of O27 profile.
Have any of you had something like this happen?I will try going the other direction and maybe removing the caboose and flat car I pull with Thomas.
Just wondering what is causing Thomas to not want to turn. It is almost lkie he is lifting off the USC section.
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