issues with track... please help!

[Wiredup]

thanks for the help so far guys.

The stalling is pretty sporadic. The same loco will keep stall out in one location one time around. Then the next time around it will die in a spot a few inches down...

Feeders are placed every few feet on the main line, and there are two pairs of feeders off every turnout. The Atlas turnouts are where most of my yard derailments happen, and I still get stalls, but not as many as you might think. Many of my locos (steamers mostly) will have one set of wheels head down the right route, while others will deviate and go through the turnout in the other direction... rolling stock does this too. 9x10 it's the Atlas turnouts that do this... so I am assuming that the issue here is the cruddy turnout mechanisms.

I checked my track, and there is no joiner that is not setup properly....

But your right about the white glue, it has just seeped into the spaces between the ties and that seems to be whats holding the track down. So if I do tear it up, what should I use to keep the track down. I've done track nails before and had even less luck. Clear caulk maybe?

I assume cork has less "give" than the woodlands scenic stuff, and may not deform as easily under the weight of a can o' chunky soup... and that probably caused some dips in the rails???