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I decided to look up the track plan and the article from the archives (April 08 pg 44).  The layout looks great, but it appears that the author is using 0-4-0 switchers and <40ft cars.  Could not tell if he had truck mounted couplers or not.  Not saying it cant be done (it has been), but your trackwork will need to be bulletproof.  There isnt much margin for error there.  Youve mentioned that you have wider than original track plan benchwork,  I would suggest as others have that you go with a wider radius.  At the very least run tests on your 12" radius to see if your locomotives and cars will actually work on that radius.  The logging locomotive you showed in the picture is a Class C (3 truck) Climax.  It may or may not work on those tight curves.  Modern models of the shay type do not like supertight curves (I do not remember what the engineering limit is, but it is related to the drive shaft either coming appart or being pinched together, depending on the direction of the curve).
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