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<p>I too have used a Dremel tool and removed track and put in a turnout. But it's easier if you do the turnout at the same time as you do the track. One tracklaying tip that helped me was to use fixed curve track (which will bend if you cut plastic between the ties in back (this is how flex track was invented)). If the track coming into or out of the turnout is curved, I think I get better work if I use a piece of fixed curve track right before the turnout. Strong curves in flex have some spring in them and they will move when you cut them. Don't like thos kinks.</p><p>But sure, you can, with a Dremel, add a turnout. I call it "track surgery".</p><p>I haven't been soldering my turnouts. I use Peco Insulfrogs and switch them by hand. I use Peco flex track. Some of my steam engines (I am N guage) stall on the turnout if they are going real slow, and I occasionally see some sparks when the wheels hit the opposite rail at the frog. But all in all, it's working pretty good. </p><p> </p>
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