03-26-2010, 11:48 PM
Two things our club has that help eliminate reliability problems. First the club created the position of "Show Czar." The position was given that title because on the day or week end of the show he has absolute power over the layout and all who operate on it. It is not a permanent position but rotates among any who volunteer for the position for any upcoming show. The second rule is if you have a locomotive or car that consistently derails and no problems can be found with the tracks can be found, you remove the offending piece of rolling stock. Basically an individual gets three tries to get something to operate reliably. If it fails for the third time, it is off the layout. The biggest problem we have is getting the module joints "dead on."