Hi all --
My SLE&P is ALMOST flawless when it comes to staying on the track. A
guaranteed trigger of a derailment is a guest. The last time this happened
(as I remember) was when Jim Martin from Canada came by to see the trains.
It turned out that the gremlin was lint (from a cat no longer with us) in
the truck pivot that bound up the turning of the truck on one car. Most of
the time, derailments are caused by operator error – running through a non
aligned turnout or similar, although I had a SHS car whose wheels had come
loose on their insulation bushings that caused trouble a couple of weeks
ago. Sometimes things happen that you can’t predict or reasonably prevent
ahead of time...
Have fun!
Bill Winans
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There's so much margin for error in S scale standards that if the wheels fit
the gauge and the track fits the gauge nothing will fall off as long as the
trucks roll correctly with all wheels contacting the rails and the trucks
free to swivel and tilt a bit when needed( this assumes layout radius and
grade consistent with needs of rolling stock)
Start with the track, build it to fit the range allowed by the standards
gauge, check each car for gauge compliance and running quality and then
there will be no de-railments unless something breaks....DaveBranum
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