The reason you are getting derailments is because of the common crossing on the point. The knuckles do not line up, they must be exactly opposite each other. Also, it looks as though the wingrail gaps are differnt each side of the common crossing (frog) - they should be 20thou - I use a couple of slips of alluminium to set these. The area around the common crossing is the most crucial part of the point and it is essential that it is spot on or it will always cause problems. Don't be afraid to scrap points if they don't work they will only be a constant source of frustration - I know because I ditched a fair few in my early track building days.

That said, keep at it, 2FS is worth it in the end

cheers Jerry

Welcome to the 'rip up club'

Sound advice from Jerry above...long term it pays dividends to redo it...however painful it seems at the time...

Stick with it Lisa...

Regarding your cassettes if you feed them via a reverse loop module it will change the polarity to which everway they are placed and solve the shorts - not cheap but effective.

I notice the point still there has no checkrails. Although these bits of rail don't seem to do much they do have a function especially when track is sharply curved.

Don