what would be good steam locomotive for 4 x 8 layout?

[tstage]

I have an Athearn Genesis 2-8-2 Mike on my 4 x 8' and have had no problems with it negotiating 18" curves or Atlas manual Snap switches. It's been a smooth runner for me.

Tom

[caboose63]

what would be a good steam locomotive to use on a 4 x 8 layout? i wanted to use either bachmann's 4-6-0 or 2-10-0 but i was told they would be too big for the 18" curves on my layout. i want a steam locomotive that will pull decent amunt of freight cars and also not stall when going across a turnout or slip over crossing. i was thinking of locating one of model power's discontinued 2-8-0s, IHC's IHB 0-8-0 or some other alternatives. are any of those two locomotives or others worth using.