SLU8363 Peco Code 83 Double Slip

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SLU8363 Peco Code 83 Double Slip.

Double slips are great space savers, a feature not lost on the railroads of the USA and Canada, who used them on the approaches to stations in order to be able to switch trains onto multiple routes within the limited confines of a station throat. There is evidence that in some situations double slips were used extensively. Modellers will be able to take full advantage of this feature on their layouts for the very same reasons that the real railroads needed them.
WORLD LEADING TRACKAGE SYSTEM FOR NORTH AMERICAN MODELLING
Our "83 Line" trackage system probably rates as one of the most accurate available to HO modellers the world over. The models feature authentic tie (sleeper) sizes and spacings, plus a very fine representation of the rail spike fastenings. The design is scaled down from A.R.E.A. (American Railway Engineering Association) prototype drawings and conforms to N.M.R.A. standards, with a choice of Insulfrog & Electrofrog formats. However, with the new double slip we are now offering this in the Unifrog format only, and it's a first for the "83 Line".
UNIFROG EXPLAINED
For current users of the Electrofrog or Insulfrog versions of our turnouts the new Unifrog format gives modellers the best of both worlds. As supplied, the turnout is wired completely "live", except for the frog tip and wing rails, and can be used straight out of the packet without any further modification (and so behaves like an Insulfrog). However, the modeller can choose to electrify the frog and wing rails by connecting the pre-welded wires as shown on the diagram below. To change polarity the modeller can use our PL-13 or PL-15 change-over switch/microswitch, or the SmartSwitch SmartFrog PLS-130.