@Tom Stoltz posted:Pete, if you don't mind my saying, I think your radii are a bit tight, especially if you are thinking Kadee couples and scale wheels. Can you stretch your space to at least 5x16? Even a 24" minimum radius is tight. SHS flex is the best and I believe MTH is a clone. FV also has flex using the same rail profile so it should be good also. I have no experience with FV turnouts, but for Hi-rail, I've heard they are the way to go.
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
Hi Tom,
Only one way to find out. I body mounted Kadee HO #5 couplers to my AM heavyweights, going to try them on both curves and see what happens. I am keeping my passenger trains to 5 cars and one engine. I know the freight cars won't be a problem for the R-20 curves with body mounted couplers. My diesel fleet is already picked out. AM DL&W E8AA, AM DL&W & Reading Train Master, two AM RS-3 will get painted in L&NE, a MTH F7 AB in Reading, might look into a AM D&H RS-11. Steam engines is my problem, all the ones I want were made a long time ago or never been made yet. So I will start out with the diesels, hunt for the small steam engine's I want. 4-4-0, 4-6-0, 2-6-0, 2-8-0 and maybe a 2-8-2.
