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Hello fans. <br /> <br />I am just getting into model railroads with my 9 year old son. We are using Kato track and locomotives. Kato is high quality and is very easy to use. One important reason that I chose Kato is because everything is metric. I cannot bear the thought of measuring in obsolete American measurements. The straight track is in lengths of 248 millimeters or multiples of 62 millimeters. The curves are made with multiple track centers of 33 millimeters. The one problem I have had is with the crossovers that I made with two number 4 turnouts. The trains derail in the crossovers with number 4 turnouts although the number 4 turnouts work okay as long as they are not used in crossovers. i don't think there is enough straight track between the two turnouts or they do not line up correctly when they are used as a crossover. Kato makes a double crossover which I understand works very good and I am planning to try that. The number 6 turnouts work much better than the number 4 turnouts but you cannot use them with 33 millimeter track centers.
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