09-24-2011, 01:31 PM
Steamtrains Wrote:justin....Large radius turnouts take up a good stretch of real estate. I use them only on the main line where trains will be going through at speed. On a switching layout, mediums, or even small turnouts will work just fine...Unless you have some humongous engines/cars.
What type of locomotive are you going to use for switching and what size freight cars? If you are using 4 axle diesels and frieght cars under 65 feet or so, mediums should work fine. A dash8-40B might be a bit big, but Gp40's-Gp60's should work fine and any Gp built earlier than a Gp40 will be even smaller.