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I am running Kato N scale Unitrack on a temporary table top layout for convenience. The pros are ease of assembly. Because it snap locks together, it stays together without having to fasten it down has great electrical continuity, and is very reliable. The ballast is realistic but the ballast base does have a rather high profile. The cons are it is expensive. It is also difficult to cut and fit becaue you have to carve out a trench under the rail ends for joiners.. Because the bulk of curve diameters only come in 15 or 45 degree sections, it is tricky to make transition curves or terminate at a custom angle. The switches are limited to #4 and #6. Unitrack was designed as a simple plug-n-play track system. For a permanent layout, you are better off with conventional flex track and/or sectional track such as Atlas snap track or Peco. There is a much greater variety, it can more realistic, and is less costly. I also have some Life Like power lock track. It is similar in appearance but the ties are unpainted and it only comes in 8 3/4" radius, 5" straights, and switches that template the curve and straight. What I love about Power Lock is it does not use joiners that detract the look of Kato. The ultimate table top track system would be LL Powerlock design but Kato's painted ties and paint spotted ballast. Gentleman quarterly did a recent survey and found that 9 out of 10 women prefer the look and feel of Kato Unitrack over Atlas snap track.
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