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To be fair to Atlas, they do make good track and turnouts and I still plan on using them again. On my first layout I had electrical continuity problems with a couple out of a dozen. I traced it down to a little piece of metal not making contact to one of the lead rails (the rail that leads from the point rail to the frog). Atlas uses a Rivet as a pivot for the point rail. That rivet also makes the electrical connection (sometimes not) to the lead rail. Go to http://www.nmra.org/beginner/to_parts.gif to see what I'm talking about. An experienced modeler taught me to solider a small jumper wire between the point rail to the lead rail. <br /> <br /> I don't have any experience with Peco turnouts and track. They should be compatible as long as they are the same code, otherwise you would need transistion track or joiners (e.g. code 100 to code 75). Peco also makes narrow gage track (HOn3-1/2 & HOn2-1/2) which will not work with any standard gage track, only narrow gage. <br /> <br />P.S. <br /> Check out the replies from a question I posted on forum, [url="http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12872"] How Many Layouts Have You Built and What Did You Learn From Them[/url]. They are a wealth of knowledge for the beginner. <br /> Also see N.M.R.A.'s [url="http://www.nmra.org/beginner/consist.html"] Beginning Model Railroading[/url] <br />
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