02-18-2018, 12:29 PM
My layout is DC, and I've never powered the frogs in Atlas turnouts and never had an issue with them being unpowered, other than with a batch which had frogs that sat too high. These lifted the drivers of some larger brass steam locomotives high enough that they lost contact with the powered rails beyond the frog, although none of my plastic steamers were affected. A few passes with a mill file cured the problem.
On the other hand, I put a bunch of Micro Engineering turnouts on the partial second level of the layout, and while I like appearance and the spring-loaded points, they were annoying to wire (too many gaps, I'd guess to accommodate DCC operation), and I've discovered that almost all locomotives stall on them. Apparently, I've missed wiring the frog, or a portion of it. I don't feel it worth the effort, and hope to replace them with Atlas turnouts. I stayed with DC for a number of reasons, and one of them was the simpler wiring - these were not simple at all.
Wayne
On the other hand, I put a bunch of Micro Engineering turnouts on the partial second level of the layout, and while I like appearance and the spring-loaded points, they were annoying to wire (too many gaps, I'd guess to accommodate DCC operation), and I've discovered that almost all locomotives stall on them. Apparently, I've missed wiring the frog, or a portion of it. I don't feel it worth the effort, and hope to replace them with Atlas turnouts. I stayed with DC for a number of reasons, and one of them was the simpler wiring - these were not simple at all.
Wayne