Why does my train engine get stuck on the criss-cross track?
Requested and Answered by Geotraxbuddy on 17 May 2006 19:29 (1562 reads)
You probably have an old style criss-cross track piece.
Fisher-Price has quietly re-designed the mold for their criss-cross track piece (late 2004). There are eight short little rectangular rails within the inner square of this type of track. The rectangles present on the old style are shorter in length and thus have a greater distance between them. This provides for a larger gully, which catches the wheels.
The re-designed track has longer rectangles, which results in a smaller space or gully, preventing the wheels from bottoming out and getting stuck.
The image below shows the two criss-cross track pieces so that you can see the difference.
(original image)
The solution is to replace your criss-cross track piece with a newer version.
Tom Parker
Fisher-Price has quietly re-designed the mold for their criss-cross track piece (late 2004). There are eight short little rectangular rails within the inner square of this type of track. The rectangles present on the old style are shorter in length and thus have a greater distance between them. This provides for a larger gully, which catches the wheels.
The re-designed track has longer rectangles, which results in a smaller space or gully, preventing the wheels from bottoming out and getting stuck.
The image below shows the two criss-cross track pieces so that you can see the difference.
(original image)
The solution is to replace your criss-cross track piece with a newer version.
Tom Parker
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