I completely agree with the previous posts, particularly the second sentence of ARTYOUNG's post. Here are a few of my additional thoughts:
- Derailments most often occur when equipment is passing over turnouts (switches). Keep your turnouts properly adjusted so that the switch point is snugly up against the stock rail in both positions.
- Another common factor in derailments is long cars coupled to short cars, or light cars coupled to heavy cars. Derailments from these two factors almost never occur on straight track. They tend to occur on reverse curves, especially at crossovers between tracks.
- So, if you maintain your turnouts and try to make up your trains with the heavy cars on or near the head end, you'll reduce the need to worry.
If you are using DCS , TMCC, or Legacy control, you can set a maximum speed for each of your locomotives, and then one more potential factor will be eliminated.
