I wasn't sure if this should go in layout planning or the HO section...
I'm playing around with some track plans for my upcoming HO layout. I have found that, much to my dismay, to work in one of my druthers I may need to add a siding on the inside of a curve. The curve is already 18" radius, the minimum I wanted to go to. If I added the siding, the siding would need to be 15" to 16" radius through nearly 120 degrees. I am worried that this may be just too tight a curve for too long a stretch? The only traffic the curve would see is a 2-8-0 with 40'-50' cars. I am also afraid that such a tight curve will simply look too "toy train" like. Expanding the outer 18" radius curve isn't an option.
Ideas?
I'm playing around with some track plans for my upcoming HO layout. I have found that, much to my dismay, to work in one of my druthers I may need to add a siding on the inside of a curve. The curve is already 18" radius, the minimum I wanted to go to. If I added the siding, the siding would need to be 15" to 16" radius through nearly 120 degrees. I am worried that this may be just too tight a curve for too long a stretch? The only traffic the curve would see is a 2-8-0 with 40'-50' cars. I am also afraid that such a tight curve will simply look too "toy train" like. Expanding the outer 18" radius curve isn't an option.
Ideas?