Modelled from American Railroad Engineering Association (AREA) plans and conforming to NMRA turnout design standards, Peco's code 83 range of points and crossings follow prototype geometry. The close-spaced sleepers (ties) feature wood grain effect, tie plate and spike detailing to represent typical American railroading practice. Incorporating years of experience in the manufacture of dependable and durable model railway track this is a welcome addition to Peco's range. All code 83 turnouts are DCC friendly. Insulfrog points feature insulated crossing units with no further insulation being required in many applications.
Due to the use of prototypical geomtery the diverging angle for each frog number is different. The No.5 type is close to the angle used on standard Peco Streamline code 75 and 100 turnouts, careful design and track assembly should allow special turnouts (eg. 3-way and slip points) from these ranges to be used.
Templates for Peco points are available from the Peco website.