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Hey Ed, I like Atlas a lot, and have and use the custom line because of the power-routing frogs. As you well know, I had many layouts designed to use the snap-track, but I learned that with the style of cars and type of cars I will be running, it is not possible to use snap-track. Five months later, and I HAVE a lot of those types of cars now. I wi***o thank you and the others for setting me straight on that. You were correct. There was no way I could use that track with what I have now. I now exclusively use custom-line turnouts from both Atlas and Walthers. I prefer code83, since I run a lot of class 1 roads. I plan to lay down code100 rail for my staging yard, and have looked into code70 rail for my yards and branch lines. I will probably go with code83 for my branch lines and yards though. It seems a little cheaper and easily available. I plan to intermix Walthers track with Atlas, since Atlas does not afford me with the bridge track nor the interesting array of different # turnouts, cross-overs, and slip switches that Walthers does. And I am aware that Walthers track is basically Shinohara. I have 300+ cars and 90+ engines currently, with more being added by the week. I just painted up a small fleet of THE ROCK engines using previously painted and undecorated shells and chassis. You didn't ask, but I will be using Woodland Scenics foam roadbed for my layout. I have seen cork rot, crumble, and deteriorate. When I tested out the Woodland Scenics over cork, I noticed it was a lot quieter. Plus, the fact that it is already black helped me make my decision, since a lot of my ballast is black, and won't have to worry about covering every inch of the foam, like I had to with cork roadbed (it shows through some of my old ballast). -Wolv33
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