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Well, I've modeled in N for about 20 years, and used to use Peco code 80 turnouts. They were bullet-proof. I never had one break or fail. But, they do have flaws. <br />The most serious is that the guard rails are not correctly in gauge. They <br />allow the wheelsets to pick the frog too much. I used to cement a .010" shim inside the guard rails to correct this. If your wheelsets are all carefully set to NMRA width, you'll see this problem more than if you leave them a little too narrow, which is how they are commonly set unless you only use Micro-Trains cars and Kato locomotives. I can't say that their HO stuff has the same problem. I used some on my son's layout, and I don't think it does. <br /> <br />They also notoriously build up dirt and crud in the points, and won't route the power through until you clean them out. But this is to be expected. You should use a microswitch to route the power anyway (unless your are doing DCC). <br />
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