07-14-2010, 12:47 PM
OR...perhaps building a nice logging & mining layout in HOe or HOn30. TINY little curves and little bitty trains scurrying around a massive mountainside like ants...could be very interesting, and that old AHM narrow gauge stuff is still around. Many opportunities for kitbashing and creative, out-of-the-box thinking down that path.
Even if you didn't go narrow gauge, some shorty, old-timer HO standard gauge equipment can operate well on curves down to 12" radius, I'm told. For a while 15" radius was an accepted tool in the sectional track planner's arsenal. I've even been known to doodle with it occasionally.
I wonder what the minimum radius is for those nice Bachmann climaxes? I know the 3 truck shay is 18" minimum and that's final. I've got one of those and I like it, but I've never tested it down on a really tight radius before. Even so, it does fine on 18" radius.
OR go On30 - many of the little mining engines can handle tiny radius curves and look right at home doing so.
Just a thought or two...
Galen
Even if you didn't go narrow gauge, some shorty, old-timer HO standard gauge equipment can operate well on curves down to 12" radius, I'm told. For a while 15" radius was an accepted tool in the sectional track planner's arsenal. I've even been known to doodle with it occasionally.
I wonder what the minimum radius is for those nice Bachmann climaxes? I know the 3 truck shay is 18" minimum and that's final. I've got one of those and I like it, but I've never tested it down on a really tight radius before. Even so, it does fine on 18" radius.
OR go On30 - many of the little mining engines can handle tiny radius curves and look right at home doing so.
Just a thought or two...
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!