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Bachmann heavy 4-8-2
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My experience with the light 4-8-2 is that it doesn't like 18 inch radius one little bit! Neither does my Athern Genesis 2-8-2 or my LL Proto 2000 E8. And, even if a large engine will make it around such a sharp curve, it will look like horse manure, and it will require a lot of trackside clearance or else the pilot or cab is likely to take out trees, telephone poles, hit trackside buildings etc. [banghead][V][8] <br /> <br />OTOH, my Rivarossi Heisler, my Spectrum Shay, and my Spectrum Climax look and run great on 18". <br />[:D] <br />I consider my Genesis F3 to be marginal on 18" radius. I haven't tried my Stewart VO-1000 or my BLI SW7 on 18", but they should be OK. <br />[^] <br />The moral of this story is that, if you want 18" radius, then you are limited to small locomotives and short cars, even if the manufacturers would have you believe otherwise. If you want to run longer equipment, then you need 24" radius or larger. I am planning a layout that will be 8 feet by 12 feet, with the operating pit in the middle and a duck-under or lift-out section for access, and plan to use 30" radius on the mainline. Ian Rice has a couple of layouts of that type in his book, _Small, Smart, and Practical Track Plans_. Check it out. <br /> <br />[C):-)]
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