Rusty:
Pardon the intrusion on your tests... BUT...
How do the Shinohara switches perform?
I used Shinohara in HO and was VERY pleased with them. Decided against them in S scale for my current layout on account of only being available in Code 100 (I wanted to use Code 83 in the yards/industries, with Code 100 on the mainlines) and#6 frog angles. (Needed to save space bigtime on my smallish layout, so wanted to use #4's in the yards/industries, using #6's on the mainline.)
Andre