ok, great, thanks

Also I have a Sante fe engine thats is not dcc equipped or ready, can i still get a decoder attached when i switch to dcc?

since there are no special lengthed ez-track pieces to fill in gaps that a layout might have, should i stretch the track out of the proper radius to make the track connect or should i just buy an atlas assorted track pack even though it has no base. also cause the #6 crossovers are 21.25" long so it makes an odd length to fill in with just 3' and 2.25' pieces.

only thing bad about using sewing needles, i cant control them electronically, only manually becasue the switch doesnt go the whole way.

with 1 of them i used a sewing needle and it seems to work, i just gotta glue it, hopefully it will work perfectly

This turnout was not hooked up to electricity yet, i was using the manual switch, and its the older kind of turnout without the gear, basically there is a lever that connects to a spring and the metal bar, the metal bar is a bit bent, it wont push the track fully to the other side.

3 of the 8 left and right hand basic turnouts i have purchased within the last year have stopped working, ive tried opening up the turnouts to fix it but the problem seems to be with the little metal rod but im not sure, does anyone know how to fix this?