Having done research on handlaid turnouts, I think I'll go with the Proto87 kits that are available. They seem interesting, and would give me something to do for a while. But, upon looking at their other products, the proto wheel sets caught my eye. They sure look good, but I'm not sure if it's worth it to have every piece of rolling stock having proto87 features. (Especially finding larger wheels for GG1's) Plus, I like the Athearn rotating bearing trucks enough to have them on all my cars with bearings.

For some reason Peco has yet to post any tecnnical information on the website concerning the #SLU8363 Code 83 Unifrog #6 Double Slip. Information on vendor sites is just the marketing blub.
As this is based their #6 crossover and is listed as a #6 "switch" does that mean the angle is  9.5 degrees and the effective radius is 43 inches (as in their SL-8362 turnout)?
Anyone have any experience with this? or any of their other double slip turnouts?

Thanks

Looks like getting good electrical contact can be a problem in real railroads as well. Here in the North Bay, we are anticipating the beginning of commuter rail service on the new Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) system. It looks like the service will not meet the "late 2016" launch date due to malfunctioning signals. Why?

Here is a quote from The Argus Courrier:

"In SMART’s case, the problem is thought to be related to the cars not making proper contact with the rails, Rabbitt said.

I’m a steam-era modeler - and steam-era means plain bearing trucks.  Plain bearing trucks - especially the wheels - “dirty up” in a much different way than modern roller bearing trucks - they’re oily and gunky in a fabulous way.