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My wife and I are extremely new at model railroading. We are planning a 40's era Colorado RR. Right now w are trying to understand the nomenclature. I assume turnouts are the same as switches. What do the numbers mean in turnouts,ie. 4, 6, etc.? We havent found videos or books that start out at our level yet. Even though I am a recently retired airline pilot and did some NASA test flying the track electrical wiring articles leave me confused. <br />Any advice on how to plan our layout intelligently and how to learn the basics would be appreciated. <br />Thanks.
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