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[quote user="Paulus Jas"] I did it (14"), John Allan did it (13", on his oldest layout), Marklin is doing it all the time. [/quote] I have to add another [2c] to the issue. Small radii curves are quite common in Europe, but so are short wheelbased cars. Bigger cars with trucks have truck-mounted couplers, allowing them to negotiate the Marklin standard radius of 14.2 ". They even built the "Big Boy" to be able to negotiate that curve! I dare to say that it looks stupid, although the operation is safe - no derailments. US outline cars usually have body mounted couplers which require a bigger radius - 18" should remain the minimum!
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