Atlas Interlocking

If you have room, use a pair of #5s in each direction (2 LHs together, and 2 RHs together. The divergent legs of numbered turnouts are straight and make a very easy transition. The "O-XX" switches, take the place of a piece of curved track, so putting 2 of them together makes the cross over an 'S' curve.

I planned on putting 2 lefts together and 2 rights together is this what you mean I should do?

Bano7384

 

Yes, BUT inaddition to that Boilermaker1 is saying that you should use #5 switches rather than 072 switches.  This will give you a straighter more trouble free crossover.  Pat B.

I second Boilermaker, I have both O72 and #5 crossovers, and in hind sight I should have done more #5's

Is this switch atlas o #6025?

Yes, that is the right style.  In total, you will need a pair of 6024 #5 lefthand turnouts and a pair of 6025 # 5 right hand turnouts.  You could also use the 6021 and 6022 #7.5 turnouts, but these require more space.  Pat B.

Thanks for the info pat. I saw a picture on the forum of someone who used these switched and a 22 degree crossover to make a real nice interlocking but it required some modification which I don't have much experience right now to do this.

Here is a picture of AtlasO #5 switches and a 22.5 degree crossover. To complete the double crossover, you will need 2 5.5" straight sections and two packages (4/pack) of 1.25" straight sections. This provides 6" from center to center, so you will have to adjust the track at another point to bring it back to 4.5" center or modify the 22.5 crossover.

 

If you're just connecting two ovals together, just put one crossover on each long side of the oval. You dont need to do it in an 'X'.

I appreciate everybody's input on my question. But I think the route I am going to take is connect the 2 #5's together as explained to me earlier. I also sketched this out on rail modeler earlier and it worked out well.