Have others tried to reduce the radius of the distant 2" of the code 55 Peco #5 turnout from about 12" to 9"? I feel somewhat daunted because of the way the rail is imbedded in each tie. I can remember an article about how to do this for un-imbeded rails, part of a standard/regular turnout. Thanks, Steve
As you probably know, there is no PECO C55 “#5”. PECO C55 turnouts are sold as Small, Medium, and Large. All PECO C55 turnouts have the same frog #, about #6. The Small radius turnout is 12" radius, so I assume that’s what you’re talking about.
You might be better off to trim the diverging leg as short as possible to begin the flex track. Trying to adjust that diverging leg that tight may cause the turnout to be unreliable.
There is the super-tight PECO Code 80 snap-style “Setrack” turnout (called “Small”) with about a #2.5 frog and a 9" diverging radius. But that’s probably not going to be very reliable, either.
Best of luck.
Byron