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[quote]QUOTE: #4 turnouts in hidden staging? Yooouuuu'llll beee soorrrryy. The key to remember in hidden staging is KISS, "keep it simple stupid". Make your ladders as simple as possible, no complex switching arrangements. You won't have to worry operating virtually any equipment through a #6 switch, pulling or pushing. #4 switches can be hazardous to longer wheel base engines and longer cuts of cars. [/quote] I agree with this statement. On my last layout I had some seriously hidden staging. Everything that could go wrong over 10 years... did. I have just completed my staging area and hidden track work for my new layout. Over 300' feet of Atlas code 100 (theres a cleaning chore) and Peco switches. There are no buried switches, no sharp radii all switches are no.6, no S curves etc... The Atlas code 100 is super smooth. I can back a 25 car train up the helix, around curves and through turnouts with nary a bobble. Big articulateds have no problem. I see no reason to spend the extra bucks on code 83 for track that no one is going to see. On the visible track I am spending the bucks on ME codes 83, 70 and 55. My two cents,
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