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. All code 83 turnouts are DCC friendly. Electrofrog points feature live crossing units, offering optimal current collection, insulated rail joiners SL8311 should be used to prevent shorting.
Due to the use of prototypical geometry the diverging angle for each frog number is different. The No.5 type is close to the angle used on standard Peco Streamline code 75 and 100 turnouts, careful design and track assembly should allow special turnouts (eg. 3-way and slip points) from these ranges to be used.
Length 211mm 8.3in, nominal radius 660mm 26in, diverging angle 11.4 degrees.
Templates for Peco points are available from the Peco website.