![]() ![]() The Radius comes out at between 11" and 9" ( in fact I had one reading down to 8.8"), which is pretty tight and I'd be concerned about the abilities of even a 0-6-0 getting round that. Like Kris I was a bit concerned by the Radii you plan on using so I took your latest plan, put it into Templot - scaled it to your baseboard size and put the curve overlaid. So there is a deal of logic in your original idea, my only question would be 'did it go on that long?' but at the same time a nod to remoteness and 'small railway' practice would not go amiss. ![]() And coaches back then could easily be moved by a gang of men using a pinchbars - in fact not too difficult at all to get them moving, far harder to stop them. And if you go back to early days it was not unusual for 4 or 6 wheeled coaches to be held in short sidings accessed by turntables although I don't know how long this practice lasted. The situation with 'loose' strengthening coaches changed a lot over the years but one thing which was fairly consistent through the steam age was that such vehicles were held at many places for both daily and less frequent use. My understanding was that only morning and evening services had extra coaches allocated, the remainder as a standard passenger set? Or would these be seasonal additions, used on all passenger services, and then stabled over winter? I mean the extra one or two coaches used in summer peak timetables for a small resort town. ![]()
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