Just a quick update to progress that has been made over the last couple of weeks. The first thing that I had to do was to order another box of Peco code 80 track.  While waiting for the track delivery, I double checked the electrical plan (shown in the video) so I would know where to place all of the Atlas insulated joiners (I know they are ugly but they work great).

Has anyone tried to improve the look of HO scale Atlas Code 83 custom-line and super-track turnouts by removing the plastic over the frog and electrically isolating it with separate power for DCC?

I have both custom-line and super-track #6s on my layout and I'm no longer a fan of the plastic looking frog. As far as I can tell there is metal rail under the plastic as there is a slight change in elevation over the frog due to the plastic coating.

I have one of my Micro Engineering code 70 turnouts that has a very tight gauge through the area wher the points are.  It appears that the rail in this area has come loose from the ties and flexes inwards.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to how best to fix this?  The actual switch is (of course) soldered into its location so will likely have to come out unless someone has a suggestion on how to do the fix in place.  Any help appreciated. 

I was just browsing around looking for some interesting railroad things and found this noteworthy one. I am not sure how many people have heard of TY scale (I am sure most have heard of T) but it is small following I will have photos comparing T and TY scale sadly none of them together but they will give you the idea of size.

The largest of these is 4"x7"