Tinkering with 2 small layouts

[RobertInOntario]

Thanks for your feedback. Still wrestling with 1-2 other derailment areas tonight but making progress (I think!). This is a form of madness -- I can't relax until all the problems are solved! Rob

That is understandable. It is no fun to constantly rerail trains, and you have a significant amount of time and perhaps money invested in the layout that is wasted if it doesn't operate correctly.

Thanks, Russ. I think I have solved most or all of the derailment problems. I've spent quite a chunk of time during the past week or so trying to fix these.

The main problem is that this larger layout has been my "learning curve" layout -- the first I'd ever built, which I started 4 years ago. Because I was learning new things as I worked on it, I have been constantly correcting my errors or trying to improve it. I have reworked and relaid the track so many times, that there are a lot of uneven surfaces on the roadbed.

At any rate, it's working much better now but I wouldn't be surprised if the problems return in the months ahead. If new problems start by the summer, I might set this layout aside and expand the smaller one instead -- it works really well. I expect to have a block of two weeks to myself this June (when my family is away in the UK) where I can spend several evenings focussing on this. :mrgreen: