I've got a problem.

[twcenterprises]

Looking at the photo in your signature (and guessing it’s the only one you’ve uploaded so far), it appears you might have a little too much ballast, it appears to be completely covering the ends of the ties, and the spikes between the rails. Unless, of course, this was intentional for some reason. In my case, (when I get to it), my track will have ballast barely covering the roadbed. My “prototype” was an old, barely maintained branchline, they (probably) would not have spent too much time and money on a line that only saw a couple trains a week - or maybe one short train a day. My ballast won’t (or shouldn’t, at least) be flush with the tops of the ties, and the ends of the ties will be (should be) partly, if not mostly, exposed. I’m guessing yours might represent more well-maintained trackage, so in your case, the ballast should be more or less flush with the tie tops.

Brad

what’s then name of the company you’re modeling?

thank you.

I am modeling the Gainesville Northwestern, which ran from Gainesville, GA, up to Helen, GA, ending a couple miles further in Robertstown, GA. A branch ran off to … oh, shoot, I can’t remember the name of the town now, but basically a few miles west to a copper mine and small town that no longer exists. It’s not far from Dahlonega, home of the First U.S. Gold Rush. Total length of both lines was probably in the 35-40 mile range. In real life they were both gone by the early 30’s. My line depicts them as they might have been in 1957 had Southern Railway had acquired them. I’m told that there was actually discussions about this in real life, but Southern did not end up acquiring the line. Historical photos show the copper mine being served by rail, a few Southern gons bei

[Burlington_Northern1]

[quote user=“twcenterprises”]

Looking at the photo in your signature (and guessing it’s the only one you’ve uploaded so far), it appears you might have a little too much ballast, it appears to be completely covering the ends of the ties, and the spikes between the rails. Unless, of course, this was intentional for some reason. In my case, (when I get to it), my track will have ballast barely covering the roadbed. My “prototype” was an old, barely maintained branchline, they (probably) would not have spent too much time and money on a line that only saw a couple trains a week - or maybe one short train a day. My ballast won’t (or shouldn’t, at least) be flush with the tops of the ties, and the ends of the ties will be (should be) partly, if not mostly, exposed. I’m guessing yours might represent more well-maintained trackage, so in your case, the ballast should be more or less flush with the tie tops.

Brad

what’s then name of the company you’re modeling?

thank you.

I am modeling the Gainesville Northwestern, which ran from Gainesville, GA, up to Helen, GA, ending a couple miles further in Robertstown, GA. A branch ran off to … oh, shoot, I can’t remember the name of the town now, but basically a few miles west to a copper mine and small town that no longer exists. It’s not far from Dahlonega, home of the First U.S. Gold Rush. Total length of both lines was probably in the 35-40 mile range. In real life they were both gone by the early 30’s. My line depicts them as they might have been in 1957 had Southern Railway had acquired them. I’m told that there was actually discussions about this in real life, but Southern did not end up acquiring the line. Historical photos show the copper min

[twcenterprises]

well the switches work to an extent none of the go to full connection with the rails so flanges are catching and trucks are ending up at a 30-45 degree angle which they shouldn’t be.

Sounds like there might be something preventing the points from making full contact. Make sure there’s no ballast preventing full travel. Carefully remove any with a small screwdriver or something, be careful not to damage the track in the process. Use your fingers to make sure the points have full travel and free movement. If all that checks out, then check the switch machines for full travel as well. As you found out, they DON’T like glue. This is why modelers and RR’s alike use ballast sparingly around switches/turnouts.

Brad

[Burlington_Northern1]

well the switches work to an extent none of the go to full connection with the rails so flanges are catching and trucks are ending up at a 30-45 degree angle which they shouldn’t be.

Sounds like there might be something preventing the points from making full contact. Make sure there’s no ballast preventing full travel. Carefully remove any with a small screwdriver or something, be careful not to damage the track in the process. Use your fingers to make sure the points have full travel and free movement. If all that checks out, then check the switch machines for full travel as well. As you found out, they DON’T like glue. This is why modelers and RR’s alike use ballast sparingly around switches/turnouts.

Brad

I think I’ve fixed the switch that was the most trouble causing I think that they’ve been fixed…[:|] uh oh something else is gonna go wrong.

[mactier_hogger]

Hey Lion, that look’s like MY workbench!! Where’d you get that picture [(-D]

[Burlington_Northern1]

rescind that last post it all seems to have sorted itself out they have stopped derailing shoot! even my con cor cars which are the usual derailment suspects are running flawlessly!

in my newest youtube video I thank you guys here at the MRR forums, thank you for helping me with these many troubles.

Thank you all very much I look forward to more discussions here! [bow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLU9d9qVJS0&feature=g-upl