03-06-2011, 01:10 PM
bnsffan Wrote:By the way, what turnout number do you use for your drawings? I think that #6 should be a minimum for my modern time layout.
Hi Daniel --
The default turnouts I use for most drawings are Peco streamline code 75 medium LH and RH turnouts.
Main reason is that these turnouts are available locally where I live (in Norway), they are sprung (so you don't need a switch machine or a ground throw), and they have a geometry well suited for small switching layouts, which is what I like to play with.
The Giles Chemical one used one Peco small, and two mediums.
The 32nd Street one used two Peco small turnouts (one RH and one LH), one Peco curved left, four LH mediums and one RH medium.
The Andrew Street Yard one also uses uses one double slip, one small RH, 3 medium LHs and one medium RH.
Smile,
Stein