Inside to outside

Having been away on holiday I got back to testing bits of the track on our model railway. There are some issues with derailing rolling stock through the points, but I hope to get that sorted out as I finish laying the track and making sure it's as smooth as possible.

One of the common solutions to rolling stock derailing is lack of weight in the wagons and carriages. Adding the right amount of weight should help keep the trains on the tracks. We shall have to see! Another issue can be the play in there wheels. If there's too much (more than 1.5mm) the wagon can jump the tracks as it goes through a set of points. So there are a few things to look at.

Having connected up all the track I ran both the freight train and the passenger train through. The passenger train managed it better than the freight train, but both need attention.

Here's a short video of the Flying Scotsman going from the inside track, around the centre loop and up onto the outer inclined loop: