More Help For The N Scale n00b, Please

[Cannonball]

The majority of my Peco turnouts are #6 or Medium length but you will notice on the photo of the yard entrance (Half cork) that I have a Shinohara 3 way Wye followed by a Peco 2 way Wye.
All my track work is done with Atlas Code 80 Flex Track.
I did use one more Shinohara turnout and it is a Sissors Xover.
I installed 2 Tortoise machines and made bell cranks so one tortoise will operate 2 of the turnouts and the other operates the opposing turnouts.

Dennis

That Sissors Xover is cool looking.
I wonder if you could use one of those to connect two loops as opposed to the usual switch to switch connection.......

 

[Triplex]

If I remember rightly, Peco always used the numbers 4 / 6 / and 8 for their Small Medium and Large turnouts.

But these numbers aren't really meaningful, as they don't have a geometry like standard #4, #6 or #8 turnouts. They are 12", 18" and 36" radius turnouts.

 

[Denyons]

Bell Cranks

That Sissors Xover is cool looking.
I wonder if you could use one of those to connect two loops as opposed to the usual switch to switch connection.......

I can't see why not.....The Xover is insulated so you could use seperate cabs for the 2 loops.
The photo is the underside of my Xover showing how I made the bell Cranks.
Still need wiring yet.
Dennis