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No Train Derailments?

Although it is almost impossible to avoid all derailments, there are ways to limit the likelihood of them happening. This video has makes some excellent points.

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One Response to No Train Derailments?

  • Kevin Ching says:

    My layout is like a shelf that is around the walls of the room. the hill where the tunnel is has a flat wall that is facing the walkway and in this wall I have fitted a door just big enough to get my hand into reach the track. I use this door to clean the track but so far I have not had a derailment, not to say that it will never happen. I run my trains at a slow scale speed to keep everything on track. Inside the tunnel I do not have ballast on the track just enough at each end to make it look right. The tunnel is about a meter and a half long and includes curves and has two tracks about 300mm apart..

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