Dan Padova posted:Flint Rock Valley posted:Ran into a little hiccup on the layout at FRV.
The turn in the track up to the Coal Ramp was too close & not allowing engines & cars to pass by the base of the turnout. I’ve barely even ever used the coal ramp since I rebuilt it, & it worked fine prior to screwing all the track down. With the inner loop & ramp screwed in place already, I ended up having to change the track configuration. Used a half section of track & cut one end at a slight angle. As shown in the photos, it has plenty of clearance now.
Time to solder to the power blocked wires to the track, screw it down, & it’ll all be back in operation...(in photo #2 the track isn’t bent. It’s a panoramic view, & is very hard to get a shot at this angle.)
I see you are using some of the small motorized units as motive power. I like them and have used them to pull short freight and passenger trains, when I just want to sit back and see things moving. I've added some weight to a couple of mine and headlights to one or two.
They struggle on grade though. I see yours are ascending or descending a grade. How well do yours operate ?
Dan, just as you stated they do struggle w/ heavy loads. I was just using this guy to test the tracks. It works good, just not a great puller.
