N gauge locomotive options?

[Jacob Z]

I am designing my first-in-forty-years N gauge layout, and struggling with options for locomotives. The list seems pretty limited if I exclude the very large engines. (I grew up in England, so American locos in general seem huge to me, and I feel like a PRR T1 would look weird on my relatively small layout, although it looks beautiful.)

Am I missing anything?

Here's what I'm (pretty much) committed to:
- 32x64 benchwork
- Minimum radius 12"
- Incline grades of 3%
- DCC

And what I'd like to have
- 1940s/early 1950s transitional era
- preferably at least one steam loco
- Probably freight rather than passenger (because of the layout size).

I'm not committed yet to any particular road name. I like the idea of the ACL because it's reasonably local, but it would seem to be extremely limiting, so I will probably end up with a better-known name.

Here's what I found so far online:

Atlas

- S-2 and S-4 switcher​

Bachman

- Baldwin​

Broadway Limited

- Mikado light and heavy​

- Pacific light and heavy​

Kato

- NW-2 switcher​

 

[Rico]

My favourite has always been Atlas with Kato being a very close second.
Not a Bachmann fan at all and I’m kind of soured on BLI, in HO anyway.

 

[GGNInNScale]

I have Kato and Atlas mostly, with 2 ConCor E units and one Arnold/Hornby (hard to modify, but runs well).