I'm planning a closet layout with Atlas N Code 55 track.  There may be double or triple track on the curves - 11.25", 12.5", and 13.75"R.  How close should these be so that long passenger cars do not touch the adjacent trains?  And, what size steam locomotives will/will not manage on these curves?  I'm guessing 2-6-2 is probably about my size limit, but a 4-8-4 would be nice.  Tell me like it is, thanks.

Otie 

I have reposted the HO 1870's articles back on the website. They include
U-Link-n-pin coupling, lowering the Mantua 1860 boxcars and tender contacts for
the Bachmann 1870's 4-4-0 at:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/

Thank you if you visit
Harold

For your enjoyment, I present a video of the operating layouts at last weeks RailFair 33 here in Ottawa, Ontario.

And now, back to lurking...

Regards,
...jim

I'm planning a HO layout in a fairly large space 18' x 35'.   There is some bonus space adjacent to the room that can be used for helices.  The prototype is the Milwaukee Road in the transition era and the location is rural Wisconsin just west of Milwaukee.  Doing my research, I see that the track was double track at the time (it is single track now CN and sees at least one train an hour).  My plan is to have staging above the layout and have two decks that go around three walls of the room with two towns per deck.