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Question #1.... I'd say that 20 freight cars would be about right for a good looking train. I'm persuming that you aren't asking as to how many cars can an HO train pull...that has a lot of varibles. 10 Passenger cars looks good too. <br /> <br />Question #2....You might be able to get by with 50 or 60 foot cars on 18" radius track. There will be a lot of overhang on the cars in the train and false uncoupling might be a problem. As for anything in the way of a longer cars...70ft passengers cars will operate on 18" radius track provided they have truck mounted couplers but again there will be a lot of overhang. As to the 15" radius track you are going to be limited to 40 foot or shorter cars and even the 40 footers are going to have trouble. Unless your 15" curves are anywhere else besides a slow speed switching area you might want to re-thing the track plan a bit and see if you can eleminate them...Hope this helped....Vic <br />
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