Thinking in terms of 3/16" instead of 1/4" is not coming as easy as I imagined and I find I'm wasting valuable real estate I no longer need. Might as well use the size advantage of S properly and get this right.
What is the width (depth) of your 12th street yard? What are you using for minimum radius on the corners of your layout? What are you using for track spacing in your 12th street yard? Do you find it works well or should it be increased or decreased if you did it again?
Thanks for fielding these questions.
I'll be running mostly 40ft cars with 2 axle cab diesels but have owned a RRM Turbine for a long time that I want to run, as well as some E8's and larger steam like 4-8-4 and 4-8-8-4. I'm concerned about operating minimum radius as well as visual radius. Just because a 3 axled diesel or FEF-3 will run through the radius doesn't mean it looks right. I will be using easements on all curves to help out but 48" to 52" radius could be the largest radius I can squeeze in unless I completely change my plans.
Butch
P.S. Anyone else with comments, suggestions or 1st hand experiences would be much appreciated........ Rusty?
