BachmannTrains 18 PC. E-Z TRACK GRADUATED PIER SET - For Use with HO or On30 Scale E-Z Track , White

The media could not be loaded. Awesome addition to my train set! Super easy to set up and sturdy

item arrived as described. well packaged. quick ship.

Just as described! Fast shipping

ProsYou can elevate a very small oval trackConsYou would need more than one kit to make a proper track elevation

kids loved watching train pass overhead

This worked like a charm. I only needed 6 piers per side to get track high enough for trains to go under track. My locomotive was strong enough to climb even though you could hear him working. I could stop and start on incline without issue and my cars never uncoupled or derailed. The downhill into a curve was interesting with the speed increase but the train handled it without problems

For train set

The set is simple and easy to use, you would have to be a rock if you could not put these together and on place them on your track.The problem as others have mentioned: The grade is too steep for HO or ON30 trains and they become uncoupled as they move up or down the grade. I have spent hours adjusting the placement of the risers on the track so that my ON30 train would not uncouple itself . It seems to me the grad is not gradual enough for the trains and the only way to possible rectify this is buy an additional set or McGuvier it somehow. I really think Bachmann dropped the ball on this grade set and should have made this a 26 piece set rather than an 18.