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Those curves work just fine with flex track. It sounds like you haven't used flex track, time to learn. For your main line at least, you want as big a curves that will give you an adequate (however you define it) layout. Remember radius isn't diameter, so 30 inch radius, 60 inch diameter. <br /> <br />In your initial post, you didn't say you were modelling on a 4 by 8, so on a layout that size you are probably going to have 18 inch radius. You just need to know that some engines won't take an 18 inch curve; plan your layout around engines that will, and rolling stock that will. <br /> <br />By the way, a 4 by 8 layout plan I really like with lots of action is called the Red Wing Division I believe and was in 1995 MR, but don't hold me to that year. Do a search for the Red wing Division layout (in the search area of trains.com for magazine articles) and check it out. I think you might like it.
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