https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/06/beginners-need-help.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beginners-need-help Model railroads and model trains Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:23:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/06/beginners-need-help.html#comment-328 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:40:55 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/06/beginners-need-help.html#comment-328 Larry’s right. #4’s are the sharpest, and if I remember correctly, have an 18″ radius. #4
switches are good for yards, but mainlines s/b #6.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/06/beginners-need-help.html#comment-289 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:08:56 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/06/beginners-need-help.html#comment-289 Turnout numbers are a ratio of the length to the width of divergence, in other words a number four diverges one unit (inches, mm, etc) for each four units of length, a number 5 diverges one in five, and so on. The larger the number the slighter the divergence, and the better longer locomotives will handle it.

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