General Discussion (Garden Railways)

John

Just you might have to go into kitbashing The "dark side" as Vic sayes!

Toad

Now, if we could have a WYE switch to go with that track!

SandyR

Well I am surprized , the HLW Interurban car like the 09232 goes around the ART 11140 20" circle like a breeze , as well as the 4 wheel LGB locos and cars .

And the LGB New Orleans streetcar  20380 , goes around the ART 11145 31" circle just fine and quiet like .

Is there overhang , oh yes , but so did the real ones .

So the one car train , a streetcar or interurbans car , going around small curves , makes a small layout possible , and beliveable

Hi Dennis, thats cool stuff...

I asked on Gscalemad, I'll ask here also, how many track segments make up the 31" circle?

Got my answer , 4 segments

John Busby wrote:

Hi Vic Did any of the loco's protest a bit on those curves?? I hope aristocraft is going to make some small rolling stock for them extra sharp curves or there isn't going to be much to run on them regards John Busby

John, sorry thought I replied to you already,

One thing I found already, even the HLW minicars should have roller bearing wheels as there is a bit of drag due to the effects of the wheels on such short radius's, not a big deal with the engines as both axles push the engine along nicely. This drag is very noticable on the 20" track no such problems noted on my 32" diameter of track.

I'm considering building custom cars where the wheels are "bent" to match the curvature. However LGB cars that already have the pivoting wheels are A-OK, no mods needed