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Originally Posted by Trev
.............Peco Setrack points don't seem to work very well. My Dapol Class 73 will only negotiate a facing point without derailing 50% of the time, coaches almost always derail, either on trailing or facing points........
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Trev,
Can you give more details of the derailment problems you are having? If laid properly, Setrack points are usually pretty reliable and most derailment problems can be traced to the wheels of the locos and rolling stock. Does the derailment occur at the "point blade" or on the "frog"?
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Originally Posted by Trev
..........and stock seems to uncouple from the locomotive randomly.
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This unfortunately is a common problem with some British N Gauge. The original standard spring-loaded Arnold "Rapido" coupling, although not very nice looking, is quite reliable but over the years various manufacturers have brought out their own versions of it. Peco have a version on their wagons that uses gravity to hold it coupled and some Grafar vehicles used a "bendy" shank to give some degree of "springyness" Other versions still have a proper spring but sometimes it is very weak and still allows the coupling to "flop" The couplings on vehicles from different makers sometimes don't even line up properly so as you can see it often requires a bit of fiddling to get reliable coupling.
Most American N Gauge modellers have abandoned Rapido couplers and use Microtrains couplers instead. They look like miniature buckeyes but are fiddly to fit and quite expensive if you have a lot of stock.
John.