@ADCX Rob posted:No no no... I thought you already had a stock of FasTrack the way you were describing it.
However, GarGraves does require a little bit more finesse to work with than a 5 y/o should need to deal with.
The root cause is your track geometry, coming off that curve and hitting the switch points like that is going to be an ongoing challenge with the cars picking the points and the transition from "O"(I would use O-27 in 34" or 42" diameters if 27 is too tight).
The derailment after the points is a tracking issue with the fast-angle wheelsets and can be minimized with extending, and perhaps shaping, the guard rail(s). Doing so on the curve portions will help too.
I have a lot of 036 Fastrack for the outer loop - no 031. After that thread I bought a lot of Gargraves switches. The only remote ones are the four at the top that allow movement from the inner loop to the outer loop. It looks different than this now, but look at the top. On the inner loop the two 042 gargraves switches are further apart meeting the 031 Menards tubular track curves with no straight piece in between. I did that because I added a second Gargraves 042 switch on the inner and outer Fastrack loop for better access. So now it looks like (forgive the sloppy pencil work).
I suppose I could try adding the short straight inner loop pieces BACK IN so that instead of transitioning from the tubular curved ends DIRECTLY into the switches it enters a short straight piece of Gargraves track first and THEN goes into the switch.
John
