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I have atlas code 55 on my layout with a mixture of atlas and peco turnouts. Although peco has a better selection of turnouts, as well as bulletproof engineering, they just look like toys when mated whith athe atlas code 55. In my opinion, the atlas product looks fantastic and is worth the extra effort of converting rolling stock to low profile wheels. As for the turnouts, they are a little finicky and care must be taken when laying so as not to dislodge the rails, but this can be expected of a product with such fine detail. The current selection of atlas turnouts is limilted to #5's and#7's as well as a wye, and the lack of curved turnouts can hinder a layouts design. Thats why I have 3 peco curved turnouts mixed in with 18 atlas on my pike. To join the two, you have to grind off the bottom web of the peco rail to match the atlas rail, which isn't too difficult. The only problem is that the peco ties are almost 3x as big as the atlas counterparts! As long as you don't mind the extra attention to detail the atlas or peco code 55 requires, I highly recomend it. It really looks great on a finished layout.
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