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To qualify in my book a loco should be able to run through a turn unattended for hours. I have yet to find any loco that will run through an 18" code 100 atlas snap track pulling at least 10 cars at about 30 scale mph. that will meet this criteria. Same with #4 turnouts. All the locos that I mentioned I have will pass this test in 22" radius, but not in 18. In fact, it's hard to even find 10 freight cars that will pass this test in 18 radius. But on 30" and 36" it's hard to find anything that will not pass this test. And another interesting point is the Atherns GP9 I have will run through 18" radius better long hood forward than the other way. I even swapped the trucks and it still runs better long hood forward? Another point on small radius is you can't run long cars or long trains, so you are limiting yourself as to what you can run. That seems like something you can live with at first, but I expect most modelers will come to not like that decesion in the future. I love long trains. The otherday I was running a train that was 26 feet long with 3 powered locos. Try that in a 22 or 15 radius.
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