During my witch-hunt for bad track, badly laid track etc I have found a new fault!! Whereas my rolling stock is now a little more content I found myself taking much closer interest in single axle pony truck performance. The most frequent offenders being Bachmann
53XX and Hornby 51XX. Points were always involved and nothing leapt to view but closer inspection showed a point blade slightly lower than the through rail. When used in the facing mode the pony followed the curve and the flange followed the through rail and ignored the blade.In this process I counted 4 different types of peco point ( different in construction ), it leads me to wonder how many types are still in service?
The type giving problems have no under plate to support the moving blade stretcher beam whereas others have an under support slung between adjacent sleepers on both sides. As most of mine are newish I cannot decide if the newest are unsupported or not -- any data out there?