I have about 25 EZ track turnouts on my layout. Most had the same problem. When running against the frog ( the part that moves) some of the engines or cars may derail due to the thickness of the wheel flange. I cure this by filing a little notch on the rails where the frog touches the rail. This allows the frog to index itself into the rail so the thinner wheels do not catch that crack and try to go between the frog and stationary rail. When this happens part of the car will try to follow the frog and part will try to follow the stationary rail causing a derailment. A little tweeting solves the problem. Bending the frog works but weakens it and causes breaks over time.
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since this is the 6 time I have had to replace a turnout on my layout whether its a left or right its the same issue with the turnouts, either the solenoid burns out or the frog wears to appoint of derailment, or it just starts to derail for no real reason, so if I was to make a recommendation it would be to go to a different manufacturer or use the manual turnouts and install rail crew switch machines, which I have done and so far great success. if you are going to use the Bachmann turnouts make all your install in a fashion that it is easily removable, save yourself a big head ache
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THESE PROVIDE A QUALITY OPERATING SYSTEM WITH EXCELLENT REALISM FOR OPERATING YOUR HO LOCOMOTIVES AND TRAINS,EITHER ON A LAYOUT OR ON THE LIVINGROOM FLOOR. REMOTE OPERATION IS PERFECT FOR THE OPERATION FROM ONE SPOT AND DCC CONTROL IS A GREAT ADDITION AS WELL.
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Simple to use, durable and reliable. This stuff is great!
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These are pretty good switches, some need a little adjusting for some trains but all in all work real well.
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It is the expected Bachman quality, works well but some of the light weight cars have a problem following the frog and derail!
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It is a very great product the only problem is that it requires extra wiring to go from one side to the other
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This switcher works great and we enjoy using it to switch the trains from track to track.
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Remove version much better than manual version, nice and easy to operate.
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Needed for replacement, Very nice, works great.
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