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HO Turnouts
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 7, 2005 1:23 PM
Other than ATLAS are there any "fully compatible with DCC" turnouts for HO code 100 track??
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Posted by simon1966 on Friday, January 7, 2005 2:14 PM
I use and really like the Peco Insulfrog line of turnouts. They work great with DCC with no modification.

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Posted by ericboone on Friday, January 7, 2005 7:24 PM
I see Micro Engineering is advertising their turnouts as "DCC compatable", what ever that means.
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Posted by cacole on Friday, January 7, 2005 7:37 PM
Peco Insulfrog code 100 turnouts are just about the best mass-produced turnouts made. Micro Engineering are also very good, but quite a bit more expensive than Peco, and they don't come in code 100 rail.
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:17 PM
Here's a site with helpful info concerning DCC and turnouts which may of interest to some:

http://www.wiringfordcc.com/switches.htm
"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~

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