https://blog.model-train-help.com/2025/10/keep-your-trains-on-track-why-model-train-derailments-happen-and-how-to-stop-them.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keep-your-trains-on-track-why-model-train-derailments-happen-and-how-to-stop-them Model railroads and model trains Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2025/10/keep-your-trains-on-track-why-model-train-derailments-happen-and-how-to-stop-them.html#comment-86247 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:50:07 +0000 https://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=7067#comment-86247 I find that there is another important culprit for derailments. Those are the rail joiners. Just today I was helping a friend with this issue. What it was, is that, at just one place in the track there was a rail joiner that had its end curled a bit ( I have seen this in some European made joiners-can’t remember the make) which interferes with the wheel flange as the wheel goes over it. It was very easy to fix with a flat blade screw driver and a small weighty thing to hammer it down.

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