Yes. i think the Walthers and Peco products are more suitable for your layout.
I have an industrial spur that is just outside of one of my towns. A broad curve is required for the outside mainline, but a sharper curve is required for the inside curve. I can now get an Atlas LH curved turnout since the inside radius is sharp enough to avoid the spur crossing a street, and instead can dive in before it and run right along the street.
- Douglas
HObbyguyI am laying a few 7.5 Walthers turnouts down now and yes, the frog seems more like 24" than 28" on the inner radius.
Here's a Walthers 7.5 with a 24" ribbonrail gauge. It's not quite a perfect fit, but it's really close. I think you're right that it's way closer to 24" than the 28" advertised.
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carl425 HObbyguy I am laying a few 7.5 Walthers turnouts down now and yes, the frog seems more like 24" than 28" on the inner radius. Here's a Walthers 7.5 with a 24" ribbonrail gauge. It's not quite a perfect fit, but it's really close. I think you're right that it's way closer to 24" than the 28" advertised.
HObbyguy I am laying a few 7.5 Walthers turnouts down now and yes, the frog seems more like 24" than 28" on the inner radius.
If you have a 26" Ribbonrail gauge, I believe you will find that it fits more closely (almost exactly). For the short distances through a turnout, the practical difference between the two is almost negligible.
Dante