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Gavin,
You will be surprised. Although I am sure somebody will find "proof" of something tighter, Most street railway curves were a minimum of 100-foot radius.
Since you mention using GP9s, I assume you are modeling in 1:29. The 1:29 equivalent would be around 3.44-foot radius so 4-foot radius (or 8-foot diameter) would fit right in and also allow body-mounting of Kadees.
I agree that streetcars would "look" better on tighter curves but those curves would preclude body-mount couplers. That is why the midwest interurbans developed their own boxcars and swiviling coupler mounts (that and the fact that the steam railroads wouldn't interchange cars with them).
Jim
You will be surprised. Although I am sure somebody will find "proof" of something tighter, Most street railway curves were a minimum of 100-foot radius.
Since you mention using GP9s, I assume you are modeling in 1:29. The 1:29 equivalent would be around 3.44-foot radius so 4-foot radius (or 8-foot diameter) would fit right in and also allow body-mounting of Kadees.
I agree that streetcars would "look" better on tighter curves but those curves would preclude body-mount couplers. That is why the midwest interurbans developed their own boxcars and swiviling coupler mounts (that and the fact that the steam railroads wouldn't interchange cars with them).
Jim
