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[quote user="DrummingTrainfan"][quote user="canazar"] <P>Thanks everyone for chipping in their info. I think I sorta shot myself in the foot and should have mentioned it right off the bat about the my radius. On the main line it averages 25-26", but i have on tight spot in a siding where they mighthave to go that would lead to a possible spot for a passeneger station.</P> <P>But, I am stuck now with ideas. I have 2.. I kinda want to buy the whole thing so I am leaning toward the IHC sets. And no, I am really not to worried about prototypical issues. Its mostly for the kid and I to point and go "How Cool!" [b] For some reason, my son has developed a thing for passenger cars. Ah Shucks! [;)] [/b]Plus, I would enjoy doing the wheels and tweaking. </P> <P>And the other.... I think I might have to lean toward getting some nice ones and doing the collection thing. I looked at some over the weekend, and there are some really good looking cars. Walthers seems to have a good price/detail level to them. I do want to check out the Bachman Spectrum cars, but cant seem to find any yet.</P> <P> </P> <P>I will keep you guys posted on what I do. Thanks again for takign time to help. [:D]</P> <P> </P> <P>[/quote]<BR><BR><BR>That sounds alot by me...a passenger railroader in the midst of a fright railroader. <BR><BR>As to the problem at hand, I'd stay AWAY from the Walther's heavyweights. My dad bought one observation and it can't even make it around our 24" curves, I'm not sure if 25-26" would do any better. <BR><BR>You still haven't said what kind of train you want, but have you thought of maybe some sort of commuter or regional train? I have the ER models Talgo set (the "beginner" set and add-on cars were on sale at Walthers when I got mine in May, not sure if they still are). Those will even go on my 22" curves. If you look at Railpictures you'll see that those things run with almost anything on the front, but an Athearn F59 (Amtrak Northwest green paint) with a modified F40 (I have a thread on that process somewhere...) is the norm. <BR><BR>A commuter train from the area you model could also work, from my experiences the Athearn Bombardier cars run on our 24" curves (they may run on the 22" too...I can't remember) but you'll have to make sure to check wheel gauge because it can get messed up in transportation. Walthers commuter cars are also great runners, although a little expensive. <BR>[/quote]</P> <P>I removed the trucks from my heavyweights and took out the electrical tabs for the lighting. That loosened up the trucks a little bit.</P> <P>I can get the diner to squeak around a 24" but I would not run them on anything less than 30" myself.</P> <P>Once I get the Baggage and RPO (If they make one) I'll be all set.</P>
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