R. T. POTEET wrote:sleeper33, a check of the Walthers <2008> N&Z Model Railroad Reference Book usually referred to as the Walthers catalog reveals that both BK Enterprises and Shinohara market curved switches in code 70 - BK also markets curved switches in code 55. These ain't cheap and by the time the Chancellor of the Exchequer gets his hands on it it's going to become even less cheap!Not wishing to intercept and preempt sleeper33's post but I am not a DCC participant at this time but I am ever seeking enlightenment from the far corners of intellect: can someone please give me a defininition for a "dcc.ready 'N' guage[sic] curved turnout'? I know what 'N' guage[sic] is - I'm in it! I know what a curved turnout is - I'll probably wind up having to construct one at some time in the future. What, however, is a 'dcc.ready 'N' guage[sic] curved turnout'?
I realise this thread is kinda dated, but here is a good site to explain the t-o issue.
http://www.wiringfordcc.com/switches.htm
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
really David
That's nice to hear i was reading an article about 2 years ago that roughly said that you had cut this rail solder that bit to another and splice wire to another that's why i havn't gone for dcc before.
Gav
CHEERS Mavrickoo
I knew peco made the curved turnouts but don't they need alot of work to make them dcc ready? my skills with a soldering iron arn't that hot.
Peco makes a left and right curved turnouts in code 80 insulated frog... http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?category=Track&scale=N&manu=peco&item=&keywords=curved&instock=Q&split=30&Submit=Search
hi all
am wondering if any company makes a dcc.ready 'N' guage curved turnout?
I know peco didn't and have looked on the atlas website and they don't seem to either.
is there anyone else?