Hello everyone, I have a small problem that is becoming a pain in my but. I have a had full of cars that jump the track every time they go threw a Atlas 6021 and 6022 switch. Im not sure if its a switch problem or if the cars need to weigh more. Someone please help !!
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First, check the gauge of the wheels on the offending cars and correct, if necessary.
Second, check the gauge of the switch, particularly at the frog. This is second, since your other cars negotiate the switch without a problem.
Good luck,
Ed
Didn't know you are three rail. My solutions are valid for 2 railers. Why are you asking here?
When I was primarily 3 rail, I found Lionel Standard O cars to commonly have issues with being in gauge. The same held true with Lionel engines. I was using Atlas 3 rail switches mostly, #7.5, and #5 with a few 0-72.
It's funny but I took some 2 rail Atlas switches and 3 railed them. The frogs worked fine with 3 rail wheels. The guard rails needed to be repositioned.
Seems I've let that slip out, too.When I was primarily 3 rail...
This post was moved to the 3R forum in error: The 6021 / 6022 turnouts referred to are the old Atlas [ by Roco ] 2R ones.
The probable problem is that the 3 rail Lionel wheelsets involved have the FastAngle [ or whatever the correct word is ] wheelsets; the back-to-back of the flanges is less, and thus they derail on the guardrails -- Lionel postwar rolling stock by comparison will [ or should ] go through these turnouts without problems.
SZ
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