I have been reading lots of posts about getting the turnout back to parallel and my conclusion is a #5 with a 1/2 length of 22" radius. Does that sound correct?
I find it hard to believe that Bachmann design EZ Track with such odd angles and spurs and then don't give the dimensions and angles of either. I was going to ask, "What were they thinking" but it is obvious that the designer has never constructed a train set in his life and obviously cannot think. Wouldn't a "normal" person link a turnout with a complementary product to accomplish the easy implementation of a turnout to parallel track with a resulting common length?

I am also having problems with the layout of the track using turnouts. The geometry is a problem and I can't find info on which turnout to use with which radius. Surely the Bach mann knows?

Thank you for the replies. I was setting up the incline on carpet and it is way too unstable. I am changing the whole set-up and going to delete the incline for now. My wife only allows me one bedroom and the Scalextric takes up most of the room. I am going to run the trains around the car track instead of over it. BTW - my wife won't allow me to tune my nitro cars in the bedroom either!

I have the New York Central set and I bought the DCC controller, track, DCC turnouts, tall pier and incline pier set. Problems: The rear truck of the rear car always derails at the turnout. The incline is set at a greater than each track join so the incline is less of a pull than the manual states but the loco slips and cannot pull the 3 cars. There is no parts list with Bachmann sets so it's impossible to know what you get in the set but the couplers un-couple at numerous locations. I have read that these couplers are pretty bad but at least they shouldn't uncouple out of the box. The loco also sounds like the gears are slipping but it doesn't matter if it's up or down or on the level.
Everything I own is Bachman so at least I know who created the problems. Nothing I own is more than 3 weeks old.