I was looking in the product information section, at the track.  Does bachmann offer non e-z track for HO scale?  I didn't see it if they do.

Never used it but I saw this and thought it might be what you are interested in.

http://cti-electronics.com/

Quote from: Doneldon on December 20, 2011, 10:48:43 PM
Jerry B-

Like you, I'm not sure just what the OP's real problem is/was or that his game of musical wheelsets was the best course to pursue to solve it. I think a coupler height gauge and a wheel gauge are the tools to reach for first when there are uncouplings or derailments. I suppose that newbies, especially, are a bit intimidated by using unfamiliar tools and they don't want to spend the $20 on something they don't understand.

I am not intimidated by the prospect of doing this, it is just not possible with this set as is.  After the holidays I plan on upgrading my wheel sets to the metal ones, and will also look into the coupler gauge I am not sure if the couplers that it has with it are adjustable or not.  They certainly didn't appear to be when I switched them one piece of rectangular plastic held it in place and I saw no way to adjust the height of it.  This was originally intended to be a decoration for around the tree.  Despite all the issues I have had with it I found it quite fun to try to find a solution to them.  Though they may not be ideal solutions at the moment it is the best I can achieve.

Quote from: mf5117 on December 21, 2011, 10:20:38 AM

How are you configuring your string , gondola first then box car then caboose . Have you tried switching the gondola's direction or putting the box car ahead of the gondola car . Do you see the little tiny springs in the knuckle part of the coupler and if it is a circle are the cars actually locking together when you couple them up . If it is the gondola ,try putting a couple of penny's to keep the tention on the couplers . When going around on a circle track ,coupler swing and momentum can be a factor . I had a CN coal car that came with my Digital Commander set that gave me fits . Uncoupled no matter what I did . I finally had to weight it down with some coins under the coal load and move it to a different location in my string of cars . Try pulling just the box car and the caboose and see if you have the same results . Also make sure your track is flat and all rail joiners are made up to the rail correctly . Check the simple things first ....

And one time I had uncoupling problems . Did everything changed couplers ,changed wheel sets ,weighted cars to standards , then I finally got mad and pulled up my track and found a under track magnet I didn't know was there from a previous change in track layout design . I was like hmmm that was stupid of me . Fixed my problem when I removed the magnet .

My gondola is currently filled with close to 3 oz of extra weight,  it did the same thing no matter which car I put after the tender.  Currently there is only the loco, tender, gondola, and box car, there is no caboose as I have taken the wheel set from it to fix the tender.  This is not the ideal solution as don has pointed out several times now, but is the best I can do till after the holidays.


Jeremy

Love it.   Thanks for the well wishes allow me to return them to you as well for whatever your particular beliefs may be.

Thank you this was very helpful.

This is the set I have got http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/products.php?act=viewProd&productId=3091   the wheels on it appear to be one solid piece of plastic including the axle and are not adjustable.

I am going to ask what I am sure is a silly question but I can't seem to find the answer.

What do the numbers stand for IE: 2-10-4  I assume it has something to do with the cars but am unsure.

I am not sure if it is the set I bought but the wheels don't appear to be adjustable at all I couldn't budge them.  I can pop them out of the thing that retains them but cannot adjust them.  As for the coupler I had to switch it back after trying that suggestion for the caboose one was much to high and lost the cars much more frequently all over the track instead of at one spot.  With the different wheels though (from the caboose) it works perfectly (well except for not being able to use the caboose).  The section of track that doesn't seem to join has maybe 2mm of space between it and the next section what was happening here was the tender (see you all taught me something already) wheels were coming off the track right here then it would cause it to bounce slightly making it come uncoupled. With the slightly wider wheel set it no longer does this.

Hope I didn't kill you all with repetitive descriptions or bad grammar (wife wasn't available to proof it).
Jeremy

ok so I seem to have gotten it lined out.  The wheels for the tender car were just a little narrower than the rest so I took the wheels off of the caboose and put them on the tender.  it has now been running for 10 mins with no problem when before it couldn't complete a single trip.


Oh and whats wrong with Darth,  you don't think sci-fi geeks can like trains

alright there is a spot in the track that the rails have a small gap between them  this is the area where it comes loose.  I switched the coupler on the tender with one from the caboose and this seems to have made the problem worse. 

it does it whether I go as slow as possible barley moving or fast and all variations in between generally in one specific spot  the track is flat there also but the coal car seems to raise slightly 

I just purchased the Pacific Flyer (e-z track)  as the train goes around the track the cars become uncoupled from the coal car.  It is a round track on flat surface. Any help would be appreciated  it is a round track on flat surface