Shed Layout

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Yes, very tight curves have been used in industrial areas, equivalent to

24 to 36" in HO :-) Those GPs you mention would not be run onto those curves, but two or three intermediate cars would be used as "handles" to pull or spot cars on those sidings. If they ventured on Glorietta Can Co property, the curves wouldn;t have been that tight.

The B&O had a couple of very small 0-4-0Ts, #s98 and 99, the famous "Docksiders" that could and did handle very tight curves. Varney made models of them years ago, and they've since been modelled by other mfrs. They have a very short wheelbase, and easily negotiate 6" curves in HO. On some interurban (tram) lines, curves were even tighter, and full size freight cars had to be coupled by means of a bar between the couplers -- hence the horizontal slot seen on older versions of knuckle couplers.

The tightest mainline curve in N. America was on the CPR, supposedly, at Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon. Before it was eased, it was a 23 degree curve (an arc of 100ft length subtended an angle of 23 degees.) That works out to something like 72" in HO IIRC.

Anyhow, have fun!

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Wolf Kirchmeir
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Put the wife in the shed and use your bedroom for your layout! ;o)

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davec0v

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