Derailment right in front,

Track was rough but don’t…

Despair for me

Because naturally,

I replaced the components there!

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Fitting power leads I broke,

That piece of curved track (no joke)…

A mill file too large

Ripped it too hard,

In a bucket my head should soak!

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Replaced one “left-hand” whose fused

Plastic switch points bar was abused…

Soldering nearly blind

Caused damage of this kind,

To move to the other track it refused!

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Eventually spliced in with nerve,

A re-railer formed as a curve…

The old power feeds

Didn’t fill my needs,

Only one terminal rail joiner served!*

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The current return lead resoldered,

Took two tries but I bothered…

Some turnout change

I could arrange,

Track changed in ways that mattered!

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–Jonathan Caswell

*Glossary—

Terminal rail joiner–a metal piece joining two rail ends with a n electrical lead wire attached to help power track.

Turnout–a…