I am designing a yard that needs two single slip switches to accommodate the A/D track access to the rest of the yard. The only single slip switches I could find in the Walthers catalog were produced by Peco, and come in either code 100 or code 75. Does anyone know what the frog angle is for these switches? Does anyone know of a good supplier of single slip switches made for American roads? My understanding is the Peco code 83 is American style and the other lines are European style. Anyone hear when Peco will produce the rest of the switches in their code 83 line of products? Thanks for your help.
Peco turnouts, at least their code 100 versions, have 12 degree divergence and I think their code 83 products are the same.
From the Peco catalog, the angle on the single and double slips is 12 degrees. This is the same as the long crossing and almost all the turnouts. (one Y turnout is 24 degrees, as is the short crossing.) Applies to both code 75 and code 100. Does not apply to the code 83 numbered turnouts.
No, the Peco Code 83 is completely different geometry to their Code 100 and Code 75. The Code 83 was made for the North American market and follows standard numbered turnout geometry. They have #5, #6 and now #8.
The Codes 100 & 75 are based on their long standing UK practices. They do not follow US geometry. The branch is a continuing curve. They have long points, short points, wye points, curved points double crossovers and more in the UK style. In Code 83 just the three straight points so far (six if you count left and right as different).
If you look at Code 75 finescale the first thing you notice would be the sleepers (ties) are quite different to those on Code 83.