"Personally, I think the switch problems were a bit over blown and go back to their original release which did have some problems. As I understand it Atlas made some changes and repaired the problem fairly quickly and they have been pretty good since then. The newest (last couple of years) production runs, I believe, have even more improvements."
I wholeheartedly agree with RTR12. I've used Atlas since the very early 2000s and the track is excellent. The early turnouts had some problems - since fixed as RTR says.
My new layout - in progress - is using Atlas from the previous one (including older switches) plus some new additions of Atlas.
My layout is comparatively small so I really prize consistency in the track and track work. 
