Reply to "De-Railing going into and out of .022 switches"

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@Jim R. posted:
I assume you haven’t created S curves surrounding your 022 switches. Picture might help.

I'm a little hazy on whether I positioned these 2 switches incorrectly. Two "legs" of each one DO immediately go into an 031 curved tubular section of track, and all three "legs' of the other switch go directly into 031 curved sections. Could THIS be causing the peculiar de railing, and the "sensitivity" of electro coupler's arms?

This is really frustrating- even my HEAVY vintage Lionel Automatic Dump Car #3469 sometimes de rails halfway over the switch. Of course if I CRAWL I can avoid it, but I wouldn't think this should be necessary. I've attached some pix, including a PROPOSED shot of where I USED to have the switches- an unconventional side by side arran gement, eliminating ANY direct curves to any leg of the switches using 5" straight pieces of track.

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