A diverging turnout at the end of a curve (left) can create a potentially troublesome S-curve. The alternative arrangement at right creates no...
at Magnolia Junction, Houston, ca 2000.
N scale mockup showing how a 26 scale foot two-lane street can be placed between the frogs of two turnouts
Long before Kato gave us a wye, I built this one with clover house ties and a little bashing of two curved pieces.