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I just started in N scale, and got Atlas Code 55 for all my trackage, without knowing what I was getting into. I had to replace all the wheelsets of the rolling stock I had already bought with MicroTrains wheels (which you have to get also if you're using Peco 55 from what I hear). <br /> <br />The biggest surprise I had was that my new and costly Atlas GP7 kept climbing the points and the frogs of the turnouts. I had to file all my turnout points to make them wider on the inside, and increased the clearance inside the flangeways. It was a bit of a sweat (there is quite a bit of filing to do), but now I don't have problems anymore. <br /> <br />Wiring Atlas' metal frogs is another thing I could have lived without (I would have preferred insulated frogs), although I don't plan to wire them unless I happen to get locos in the future that don't have all wheel pickup. <br /> <br />If I had known this before jumping head first with Atlas' track, I still would have gone for Atlas Code 55, since the track apearance is a lot more realistic than Peco's, IMO. The tie spacing on Pecos track doesn't do much for me.
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