Layout Construction: Part 2 (setting up track)
Since the last post I have collected all the track and cut it out and laid it out. The turnouts as you can see are Kato #4′s (some are cut down shorter), the flextrack is Peco I believe. All code 83.I hooked it all up to an NCE DCC starter system, and tried running the loco on it (the Decauville built on a bachmann side rod frame). At first it ran extremely crappy if at all. After adjusting and tweaking and oiling and breaking in it is doing slightly better, but still is jerky and stalls a lot on low speeds and on turnouts, since the frogs are plastic–didnt think this would be a problem when buying, crap.(any suggestions as to this matter are appreciated). I thought these are supposed to be smooth runners, I’m surprised. My second unmodified siderod loco runs equally crappy 
. I am thinking maybe to solder all the rail together, etc—might help.Other than that Im out of options.
Thanks for Looking
Alex
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