I gave up did not try counter clockwise.
i have a full collection of nearly every decent T&P and MKT steamer made by Hallmark and sunset in HO and believe me I have hand laid HO code 70 and code 100 to include turnouts and I know a thing or two. I can promise you that Kato sectional is a lot more reliable than most hand laid stuff. I sense an unexpected number of satiric inferences here that are troubling in a forum that in the past has been helpful. I find that very regrettable.