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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by prompter The responses to my question have been interesting. First, let me say that last night my new BLI AC-4 was very able to negotiate 18" radius (slowly) with a surprisingly limited overhang. It is truely an impressive locomotive. I suspect it looked as a real AC-4 might have looked negotiating through a temporary shoo-fly around the site of a derailment. Secondly, I should mention that my use of 18" radius doesn't mean that I'm a beginner, as seem to be implied above. In fact, I've been in the hobby for more than 40 years. Given the space, I would love to build a 20'x40' layout. But reality comes to all of us at some point, and in a retirement home space limitations are a sad reality. And finally, as many of the fine editors at MR have pointed out over the years, this is a hobby. Each of us finds our own form of enjoyment -- within the bounds of what's possible -- and fo me, watching a fine piece of machinery that brings back memories of my life is as good as it gets! Oh, one last thought. That AC-4 will only be on the 18" radius when it has to take the siding to allow the Big Boy to pass. (Just joking!!!) Prompter [/quote] You said it prompter![:D][^] I used to get nagged on for running Big Boys, Challengers, and Northerns on my 5x9 layout, but did that stop me? No way! If I can run a 4-8-8-4 around an 18" radius, no doubt a 4-8-8-2 will do it.
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