Crossover degree question

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Hi all

In HO scale

I have a question about sectional track.

I am trying to crossover my dedicated TGV track (middle track) from my outside track to my inside track using #6 turnouts.

The tracks are parrallel and next to eachother, so using a doublrcrossover would work, but I do not have the space for reasons that is too long to explain without a diagram.

Does anyone know if the Atlas #6, 19 degree crossover matches up to the #6 Atlas turnout, just like the 25 degree(or close) crossover does with #4 turnouts?

This TGV track is giving me fits!

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The Atlas #6 turnout is a 9.5 degree turnout. To cross a parallel track you will need a 9.5 degree crossing(Atlas currently does not make one). Atlas does make #4.5 turnout(labeled/sold as a Customline #4) with a 12.5 degree divirgence, and Atlas does have a 12.5 degree crossing.

If you are using code 83 trackage, PECO has ‘#6 crossing’, and Walthers has a #6 slip switch. For code 100 trackage, the Shinohara #6 slip switch should work. The PECO code 100 slip switch is a 12 degree turnout, so would not work. Of course you can allways ‘build’ it…

Jim

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You can make a double crossover with four Atlas 100 # 6 Customline turnouts, a 19 Degree Crossing, and two two inch tangent filler tracks. The configuration gives a 3 inch track centerline spacing. You can make the centerline spacing wider, but not narrower.

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I have already made this type but with Atlas #4’s and a 30 degree crossing.

It worked well, but now I need to add a track line to run through the center of that.

Thanks for the info though.

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Thanks Jim,

To get this straight, if I use an Atlas #6 turnout with either a Peco #6 crossover, OR a Walthers/Shinohara #6 slip switch, it should work?

Do You happen to know if the Walthers/Shinohara #6 slip is a 15 degree? That is what I currently have and it does not say what number it is, only the name and the 15 degrees. It is 9 inches long, maybe this one that I have is a #4 (it is pretty old). And it does not match up.

Man I hope this works, I have been put on a budget for this year!

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tHAT’S WHAT THEY SAY.

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If the double sip is a 15 degree angle, I would suspect it is about a #4. A #6 should be 9.5 degrees to match up with the #6 turnout.

BTW, Walthers is ‘out of stock’ on the Code 100 Shinohara slips, so our club is using the PECO double slip(on sale this month in the Walthers flyer). This has 12 degree frogs, but very long leads to the points. Our application is leading into a curve with 2.5" centers, so we should be able to ‘adjust’ the layout of the junction and make this ‘fit’…

Jim