Rusty, 
Please allow me to give you a link to the greatest invention since mtm was made.
http://mtm2.com/~traxx/traxxsch.html
I don't know why you refuse to do that, but if you ever expect to improve your tracks then you need to go through that at least once... maybe even a few times.
Most importantly for today, this is where you add a backdrop for your track.
<center><img src="http://mtm2.com/~forum/images/txbackdropbox.gif" width="264" height="350"></center>
Without a backdrop, you get the hall of mirrors effect which pretty much makes any track undrivable.  Please start including a backdrop if you want anybody to treat your work seriously.  To add one, click the little box with the dots in it [...] right beside where it says backdrop.  Then just browse to the one you want.  That's all there is to it.