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All curves on my layout are 18" radius with the lone exception of the outside bend in the middle (the trackplan is a bent dogbone), which is 22". I've run a BL2 with up to 18 cars, with no derailments except at one place at the west loop, and that's due to a very pesky turnout and a high spot in the track section before it. Both problems have been solved and I no longer have any derailments. Most of my cars are in the 30-50 ft. range, transition era, so granted, I'm not running anything really long, and I don't run passenger cars either. <br />Personally, I don't understand why 18" radius is such an object of scorn in MRRing. If your layout is based on an era and industrial base that uses shorter locos and rolling stock, then the operational aspect of it is fine. As far as realism is concerned, I can see the point, but like an earlier post pointed out, if you're using it, say in an urban scene or tunnel, and you dont hang from the ceiling while you observe your layout [:p], then so what?
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