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Kato 15" Radius and Brass 4-8-4s
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Having some experience with 15" radius on my layout, I find that my 4-8-2 will go around it for the most part, but the long wheelbase doesn't like it. Really rough on the engine and the track. <br /> <br />My Rivarossi 4-6-6-4 Challenger will negotiate it at slow speeds, as long as the tender is in the rearmost hole on the drawbar. Again, hard on the trackwork. Forget even trying the Trix Big Boy, the overhang is unreal and would rip out everything along the tracks. <br /> <br />As for freight cars, all mine are body mounted coupler equipped, 40' or less and weighted to NMRA specs and my F7 diesels can pull 15 or more cars thru this radius without any problems. <br /> <br />I do also run some 72' passenger cars with truck mounted couplers without problems. The 80' and 85' will derail. <br /> <br />The rest of my track is 18 and 22 inch radius and all my equipment will run on these, even my new Rivarossi/Walthers 85' passenger cars. (Though they look better on the 22 inch) <br /> <br />Next layout will have minimum of 19 inch radius. <br /> <br />I model in HO scale..... sorry I didn't mention when first posted![V] <br /> <br />
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