Google comes through again...

[abutt1]

Hardening up the full scale design of my new layout getting ready to order flex track and turnouts, and wanted to "prove" out my turnout sizes before I ordered. Went to Google and asked for full scale HO turnout templates and came up with "Fast Tracks" printable turnout templates for any scale.
So in five minutes I had prints of #4,5,6 right and left, plus a #4 'Y'. this is my fourth layout. I don't know how I ever built numbers 1,2 &3 without Google.

[Allegany2666]

Those are actually templates for hand laid turnout. I would think a turnout its a turnout is a turnout with maybe the exception of stuff like Easy Track" or one of those all in one type track.

That's actually a very smart move to get things just right. I'll pass one one tid bit of information I learned the hard way and then saw George Sileos talk about it on one of Allen Keller's video's is that the min. six turnout for a steam engine is #6. He mentioned that he laid in #4 turnouts on his Franklin & South Manchester and ran a diesel engine across them perfect no problems but as soon as he ran a Mikado or some other medium size steamer across the turnout Bang! derailment. So I don't feel so bad making the same mistake that George Sileos made.

Good luck with the new layout.

[abutt1]

I felt the same thing, diesels can handle most any kind of turnout, so I tried to restrict myself to #6s. I found all my original concepts worked fine. I did add a "Y" to one area, a number 4. and now I know just how much my Shinohara's will cost (groan!)...That plus a lot of feet of flex track. But, it's only money..