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For the turnouts, I use an eye-dropper or pipette to place diluted white glue between the ties, being VERY careful not to get glue on the tops of the ties or the rail. I do only a few ties at a time. Then place the ballast with equal care. I use slightly less ballast than for "ordinary" track so the ballast remains below the bottom of the moving point rails. Then I operate the switch a few times just to make sure; sometimes I need to remove a bit of the ballast at this point. Its tedious - takes half an hour or more per turnout - but I've never had any "sticky" turnouts.
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