Peco SL-E88 OO Gauge R/H Large Radius Electrofrog Turnout/Point
11 Nov, 2020
The reasons why should you use Peco Large Radius Electrofrog Turnouts?
Peco track in my opinion is the Rolls Royce of Track for model railways.
I use their OO track so that I can run OO, HO and On30 locomotives and freight cars on it.
Code 100 allows you to mix and match your trains more easily than code 75 which is only suitable for fine scale. I use large radius turnouts because some railway products de-rail, like coaches (eg HO long US coaches) on small and some medium radius points. Also large radius looks more prototypical.
With these turnouts be aware you need to buy rail connectors but other turnouts do have connectors attached but not SL-E80. The E stands for Electrofrog which gives the best running across turnouts but it does mean you have to follow instructions on packet showing you how to wire it up. SL-88 is the Insulfrog type which is really easy to add to the layout but 0-4-0 locos can easily stop as frog is dead.
It is a nice colourful boxcar.
Great for Great Northern modellers.
Peco Products SL-E89 Left hand large point with electrofrog
11 Dec, 2020
Why you should use large radius electrofrog points.
The Peco point has a large radius so long coaches and freight cars do not de-rail. Long locos will have trouble crossing point if a small radius is used.
It has an electrofrog so even small locos or diesels will not stop because of lack of power from frog which can happen with insulfrog points.
However wiring is necessary to stop short circuiting but is easy once you get used to it and the packaging explains how.