Cross overs

[5113GBAK]

Ian
Thank you, I have ordered it, due the 2nd of May
I now need a second, and a friend to print a rail bender

Regards

Graham

[cp.409067]

The kato Unitrack N gauge crossing may not be suitable.
The rail profile will not be the same as Peco, so you may well have issues with fishplates, also you may find that the rail height is not the same causing a step in the railhead at the joint. The adapter rail may sort this out.
However, the main issue is that, as with all the ready to run crossings, there is a dead plastic section that will almost ceryainly cause you locos to stall at slow speeds. You may also find issues with the depth of the flangways not being deep enough lifting the loco up and/or that both wheels will go down the gap causing the loco to drop!

As I mentioned before last year crossings are not good in 009 and should be avoided at all costs if at all posiable, you will almost certainly have running issues if you have one on your layout.
Planning layouts without them is by far the best way to go.

But others may have had better experiances.

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Whilst I make no comment about the depth of flangeways, may I politely disagree about KATO "N" gauge Unitrack and Peco "OO9" track?

[1]  The rail sections may indeed be different - BUT they are very similar.

[2]  In my experience the standard Peco fishplates used with "OO9" track will easily join to Unitrack rail.

[3]  If there is then a difference in the height of the railhead it is minimal and not noticeable.

[4]  To allow for the shouldered roadbed of the KATO track it will need to be recessed into the baseboard.

[5]  If this is done by 4mm relative to the level of the underside of Peco "OO9" track the height of the railhead will match. 


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