@davehall83 posted:
Hello,
I seem to have stumbled upon a problem on my layout. I have the lionel 6-12048 O-72 fast track remote switch. I ran my new lion chief polar express and another train across it and both derailed about half way into the switch. The first 2 passes on the switch brand new out of the box no problems. After 2 passes every train derails no matter what or what direction the switch is set to. I checked the switch and it switches the frog no issues at all so i have no idea what the issue is, the track is smooth going across, it switches i just dont get it. I did find online after some searching there is a defect in these lionel 0-72 fast track switches that they do this. So what are my other options, i need some kinda switch, does this supposed defect affect their O-60 or O-36 switches as well for fast track? I have some older O-36 switches that i setup on the layout from a train show that were used that work without a flinch and no derailing so i dont get it at all.
Do you have a straight piece of track before the switch’s diverging end? If not Theron lies the issue. The Berkshires have an issue due to the design of their leading trucks. They will not go through a divergence if their leading truck is not completely straight before the switch.
