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Well, you can mix most kinds of track, as long as it doesn't have integrated roadbed. Your best bet is Code 83, this is slightly less easy to find from Atlas, but offers more compatibility with other manufacturers. Walthers, ME, and Peco also make Code 83 track, and it's all compatible. Code 83 is pretty close to scale for your average busy mainline, Code 100 is oversize, but looks fine after weathering & ballast. For looks, Micro Engineering Code 70 and 55 is tops, but it's small and somewhat difficult to work with (Their Flextrack isn't exactly flexible) and they only offer #6 turnouts, Shinohara also does code 70 flextrack & turnouts (they also make Walther's Code 83 track). Mixing codes requires special joiners, or shims beneath the rail to make up the height differential, as 'Code' simply denotes rail height in thousandths of an inch (code 100 is 0.100" high, code 40 is o.040" high). As Track Gauge is standardised, all track is at least minimally compatible. Avoid sectional track, it's somewhat prone to electrical problems after being laid, and it tends to dictate certain track layouts, unlike flex.
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