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I'll put in a plug for Peco. They dont need electric switch machines, they are quality, and they don't have the Atlas ugly, non-prototypical switches. Just need to pick the weight (guage?) of the rail, and whether you want to go Insulfrog (easier and adequate), or Electrofrog (harder and better in the end due to the powered metal frog. NONE of the other switch machines have the spring which makes Peco hand throwable right out of the box, no mods needed. The stock turnouts work fine with DCC. You can modify them if you want, but you don't have to.  If you do go with electric switches, the Peco ones are pretty good. They mount directly below the turnout in a hole dug in your foam or drilled into your plywood. Unless some of the newer switch machines have powered INSULATED metal frogs (and I don't think anyone does that except maybe Kato and Bachmann, maybe) or you have some special requirements, Peco covers the territory. I wish Peco would come out with powered metal frog that are also insulated (and non-power routing, that is, all routes active). This would make installing the Electrofrogs SO much easier. No need to cut gaps. But they haven't, yet......
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