As my grandmother use to say, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating". After I solved a small problem with a short on the point crossing I managed to back the train complete with guards van into the goods yard siding, without having a derailment. I then reversed the locomotive and drove the train out onto the running line, again without any derailment.

So I can now both pull and push the guards van around a 120mm radius curves without problems. This is made easier because I have a pulse type controller which gives excellent slow running, without the need for anything more than insuring that the track is clean. The locomotive as you can see from the photographs is a Farish 04 which has very small wheels and a short wheelbase. I didn't need to rub the wheels with graphite, as mentions in Dad-1's blog entry – Acceptable slow running. Where he described how he improved the running of a loco based on a tenshodo spud.

I'm using a Bachman DCC controller becuase this is the only one that I own. Curenty I am using it in DC mode, i.e. by selecting loco 10, but I will chip the locomotive soon.

Julie