GregR posted:SJC posted:Interesting to read the roller snag issue.
I've been using only Ross switches and crossovers on my layout for years. I've never had a single issue with the Peter Witt trolley on the switches. The car has also run on National Capital Tracker (When I was a member) layouts which uses about every brand/model of track and switches one could ever find. Never a problem there either.
My layout is postwar Super O track. I'm guessing You didn't try that system, or the Marx trackage that caused the same problem for another poster. I have no doubt I would have been fine on Fastrack or other contemporary track systems.
Mine was running on fastrack when it derailed and shorted. I believe it occurred on one of the grade crossing sections. Unfortunately I wasn't present when it happened, so I don't know the exact details of what happened. Obviously a grade crossing track shouldn't really affect the rollers as they're still on top of the rail, but who knows. In the future I'd also run it on slightly larger curves than the O-36 loop I had it on. When it did run, it ran and looked great.
