Bill,
>From what little I know, curved frogs are more common in some other countries than in the USA. You can see lots of them in picture of British trackwork. In my case, I have built several turnouts with curved frogs on my layout and there will be more. You should consider trying to build your own turnouts, it's not that hard, and a lot cheaper than commercial or custom made turnouts. It also allows you to do things you couldn't fit in using just commercial turnouts. If you ever get to see Dick Karnes' layout; you will know what I mean. In my own case I have a dual gauge curved turnout, immediately followed by a curved crossing on the diverging end. Last month, I built an asymmetrical wye turnout, where the two routes are a different angle; if I had used a standard turnout, I would have had to put a jog in the track. That one was easy, it was only standard gauge. And if you don't think the prototype builds funky trackwork, I can show you pictures of a dual gauge stub switch with a dual gauge crossing through it. Two of the rails cross through a frog. Dave Heine Is there such a thing as a curved frog? I have at least 2 sets of curved crossovers in mind. I can easily live with the slightly oversized bolt details if needed. Given I will probably need 10 new turnouts tops for this rail making something new would be a huge effort. I will update my decision once Don T or Charlie Leonard see the castings. Thank You, Bill Lane
