Peco

I did that using the Peco turnouts; based on a large part on price, availablity, and reports on their quality. I only had one problem with the Pecos, an apparently well known issue where the frog can get gapped by a metal wheel and cause a short (I had insulfrogs).

Over all they worked well, and I liked how they snapped to each route. When combined with a N scale caboose hand throw, it was a very good combination.

Hope that helps.

Agreed ... Peco

Peco code 83 turnouts aren't cheap, but among the list of commercial turnouts you give, they look great and are closer to NMRA spec than the others you have named.

Fixing the short-at-the-frog issue is easy - I explain how to do it here.

Peco & DMW

Though I have never tried Peco products I have heard great things about them.

You should check the Peco line at one of our sponsors sites.  Some peco code 83 turnouts are on sale and the prices on the non-sale stuff are very competitive.

Besides that, Craig at Dallas Model Works is great to deal with and will just about bend over backwards for his customers.  I've got an order en route to me right now!

You can't go wrong with DWM.  Be sure to thank Craig for being an MRH sponsor if you place an order.

Peco! Peco! Peco!

Goose-

I am in the process of building a layout with a combination of Peco, Atlas C-line, and Shinohara turnouts and I will say that withouth a doubt the best turnouts are the Peco (and if you follow the link in my signature look at my first post about my layout which highlights one of the silliest problems I've found with the Atlas turnouts, they aren't straight!)

As Scarpia metnioned above there is the occassional short with wheelsets bridging the gaps between rails (there is a picture of the problem area here) they are the best performing tunrouts in the bunch. 

~rb

Peco

The biggest downside to Peco, regardless of scale, is the value of the dollar against the pound. Until that improves Peco is going to continue to get more and more expensive.

I have other issues with their code 55 N stuff, but what really drove me away was the recent steep hike in pricing (recent as in the last 5 years..).

Chris

Agreed ....Peco

Worth every penny in my opinion. Look pretty good, work straight out of the package. Totally DCC friendly, (insulfrog version). Aware of the possible frog problems, but I've been running my whole layout with them and have never had any problems with the shorting at frogs. And as Joe mentioned above, there appears to be an easy fix should it happen. Because I was a little tight on space for my smaller layout, I've used the #5 Pecos extensively. Look much better than #4s, and six-axle units handle them well.

HO Peco Continuous curve?

Are the HO Peco turnouts continuous curve like the N scale ones?

Chris