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I have used PECO finescale track since it first became available, without any problems either through turnouts or with flanges grounding on the ties. PECO had a great idea when they brought this track out in that it is actually, well almost code 80 in size. What they did was use a code 80 sized rail and set it deeper into the ties. The rail profile is like a normal rail sitting on top of an I beam. The way this works is that the top part of the I beam forms the flat bottom of the rail and has the spikes of the rails molded into it on the outside but inside the rail profile is the same but as the spikes don't come up the side of the rail as normal there is greater flange clearance. The bottom part of the I beam is used to hold the rail into the plastic. Also when joining the rail you slip the joiner on the bottom of the I section and therefore can almost join it directly with the PECO code 80 rail. I say almost as there is a very slight height difference wich can easily be tapered with a few strokes of a fine file. Hope this makes sense...
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