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Hi, I have been building my 6x4 N Gauge now for a few months and preparing it for DCC. I have now started the exciting part of making and adding the scenery etc. However, yesterday I put a loco on the track and with the old DC controller I ran an engine to see how the track performs. This is the silly mistake that I made, As the loco went over the points it derailed checked the points and thought hang on those points are brand new and I can not see a problem. So time went on, and I could see no reason for a derail. Then I noticed that at the end of the platform and by the side of the points I had installed some nice looking fencing. AS the loco came on the points is where the fence stopped, The loco was hitting the fence and derailing, so after quite a while I found the "stupid " mistake that I had made the fence was too close to the track.

I think We've all done something Similar in the past. Just one of the things that makes the hobby interesting. It would be a bit boring if everything worked worked out right first time

Not silly at all. I once glued down a length of platform too close.

I always believed regular ba**s ups were compulsory.

mine will start when HM 6000, arrives. Ordered to keep my mind active. This Blue tooth thingy is a mystery to me, and probably will remain so. Its the locos i feel sorry for. They wont know whats hit them.

I guess we've all had experience of things fouling against lineside structures.

Mine was one of my longest coaches catching the ladder of a signal gantry when using the curved crossover in my station area.

Ah! One of the first things we read is make sure the longest locomotive/carriage/rolling stock can safely travel around the track.

Then a derailment, we blame the locomotive. It must be, because everything else runs smoothly.

Proving that what we read, we sometimes ignore.

Glencairn

Trouble starts when you buy an even longer loco or carriage.