I wish he would get to the point. No pun intended.

Yes agreed it is a massively frustrating problem.

Hello, I know about it, Peco Turnouts are too tight.

The power routing on my curves points fails a lot. Is there a solution? Thanks.

Thanks for a very informative look at this problem....I'm sure many have encountered this frequently...

Thank you for bringing up an interesting issue with these great quality turnouts. From what you're showing here can a person extend the length of the frog 2 or 3 mm by carefully grinding down the rails with a Dremel cutoff wheel and filling in the cavity with epoxy.

I have had the same problem with Peco points and Peco diamond crossings. I used a very thin strip of adhesive paper across the rails you mentioned. Solved it. I did used to find that the Hornby locos and rolling stock did seem to foul short on these areas. I think they have a wider flange on the wheels? Peco really do need to re-design their points to accommodate this issue.

I hate to say it , but this is not a reliable solution at all ... the problem is , in a nutshell, is rails too CLOSE, metal wheels too WIDE. A very thin Dremel abrasive cutting disc used between the converging rails at the point where they are too close together will PERMANENTLY solve the problem . As you can see, it is the OUTSIDE of the two rails that are too close to one another. Use the thin disc on your Dremel to WIDEN the GAP between the rails. Unless you have abnormally WIDE WHEELS, you should be able to stop the shorting, and not affect the performance of the points in any way (NO dead spots!) You don't need to cut TOO DEEP with the disc! Just the TOP, OUTSIDE edges of the converging rails. You want to try to maintain the integrity of the INSIDE EDGE of rails to avoid BUMPS ...If you're at all competent with a Dremel, you should easily create a gap between the rails wide enough to prevent shorts! In a pinch, I have also used a small triangular FILE to accomplish the same result. Much more difficult than the Dremel!

Some of my dcc locos stall on Peco points

In dcc there is no positive and negative. It is AC electrics which means the current in each rail constantly switches between positive and negative

The problem seems to be an added reason to go with electro-frogs when you are at the beginning of a project. I understand you are changing an existing layout and it is not feasible to change all the points. I would expect problems with short locos making it across the switch?