No issue but need answer for future. Why was my topic on pre-owned track removed by Yardmaster.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Thanks again. It appears as though it is metal.

Thanks JBrock I don't think it is the joiner, but, again, I am a novice to all this.

Hi Everyone:

Thanks for responding. I will try a new track or 2 to solve the derailing issue. Still not sure how to solve the coupler issue without buying new couplers.

Thanks again to all those who helped!!!!!!

female piece on one of the rails is elevated no matter what I do. Not sure if it is the connection. I triple checked it and it looks as though the male lines up with the female.

Thanks ACY. Although a novice, I triple checked the connections and that particular curved track has an imperfection. Maybe I will buy more track and substitute that piece.

The couplers are all the same height as far as this novice can tell. Grandson (2.5 years old) is content watching the engine go around the track. Also, always falls off on the curve. Tracks connected properly but have a tiny imperfection where the engine crashes.

I do not have those. Again, the couplers are as you show in your pictures.

Thanks.

Thanks. It is the knuckle Coupler.

I looked at it through a magnifier and still can't figure out how to get the cars to stay connected.

Sorry to be so clueless.

Please excuse my ignorance but I don't know what a knuckle coupler is.

They look like the couplers on bigger train sets but don't open or close. They appear to be continually open with a hard piece of wire hanging from each.

I did the straight track thing and as soon as they go around a curve, the uncouple.

I am a granddad that bought my grandson the "Santa Fe" set. I realize it is a very basic set. I must be doing something wrong because I cannot get the cars to stay attached to each other or the locomotive.

Suggestions?