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.
Unifrog points feature metal crossing V 'frog' units, which are insulated, but can easily be connected to a polaity switch to convert them to live or electrofrog for optimal current collection.
In addition to their prototype use in yards and station approaches to maximise the number of tracks which can be accessed these turnouts allow track layouts to be compressed by combining turnouts in crossovers and yard ladders into one unit.
Templates for Peco points are available from the Peco website.