Does anyone know of a US source of the Peco Tracksetta track alignment tools/guides?  The only sources that I've seen are in the UK.  Maybe I've not searched in the right places on-line.

Thanks for your help,

Bob

My layout wiring will be simple DC not DCC.   When using a single crossover turnouts do gaps still need to be cut, or can trains pass by the crossover on each track without problems?

James

I'm hopefully going to be putting the reverse loops into one side of the layout in the next couple weeks and thought I should ask the question - where is it best to put the insulators?  I planned to put them immediately after each turnout and isolate the entire loop, but is this recommended or as long as I have plenty of track for the locos to be entirely within the isolated area all that is important?  I assume the latter, but can a reversing section be too long as well?

Ok,

I'll say this upfront.  This is another one of those data mining threads!!

Need some ideas on deciding what type of controls I want to use for my manual turnouts.  Scale is HO (not sure if that matters at all), but the idea is to maintain as pure and realistic a scene as possible, but still get the feel of bending steel and operating a switch vice pushing a button, etc.  I am hoping to get some of your real world applications on your layouts, and PICTURES would be most helpful!